Frank Lautenberg

Sen. Frank Lautenberg is praising the Navy for its plans to name a new ship after New Jersey's capital city.

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg says he won't be going back to Washington next week when the Senate returns from a two-week recess.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating risk assessments on 20 flame retardants and three other chemicals found in everyday consumer products. New Jersey’s senior U.S. Senator is urging the EPA to conduct further evaluations of chemicals found in household products like children’s cribs.

In the wake of a tragic bus crash this week that killed a Pennsylvania college lacrosse team coach and the bus driver, a New Jersey U.S. Senator is calling on the federal Department of Transportation to help ensure the safety of buses carrying student athletes.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the nation's oldest senator at 89, plans to return to the Senate this week after being sidelined with pain and weakness in his legs.

U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg is not running for re-election next year and, right now, Newark Mayor Cory Booker looks a lot like the guy New Jersey voters want to succeed him.

Leg pain caused Senator Frank Lautenberg (D) to miss several votes last week.

Today, U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) have reintroduced legislation that would give America’s youth the knowledge they might need to make educated decisions about their health. The “Real Education for Healthy Youth Act” seeks to expand comprehensive sex education programs in schools.

Today, U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) is leading a group of 23 Senators in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate whether flame retardant chemicals found in everyday household products put Americans’ health at risk.

The oldest member of the U.S. Senate says he'll keep working until his term ends in 2015.