John D. Porcari: “There are real consequences for doing this. So we will continue to press for the appropriate avenues for resolution.”

We have serious legal and policy concerns with the proposed emissions trading scheme. It is extra territorial.

I would point out that the national investment we have made in GPS, first from a military-only perspective and now from a combined military-civil perspective, has been enormous.

Again, what the sequester is in a part of a fiscal year, because three-quarters of our Department is exempt from it, is the equivalent of a 90 percent cut.

I would classify it as an opportunity. We share the strong belief that the Jones Act both protects U.S. jobs and protects U.S. national interests.