Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.

He also is known for authoring the Ryan White Care Act which provides services to AIDS patients. S. The railroad terminal in Secaucus New Jersey is named for him because he helped allocate federal funds to build it.

At age 89 Lautenberg is the oldest current senator and the last serving veteran of World War II in the US Senate. [dead link]. He first served in the United States Senate from 1982 to 2001; after a brief retirement he was re-elected to the Senate and has served since 2003.