Thank you for holding this important hearing on the opportunities and challenges facing maritime transportation.

Like all Americans, I remember the shock and horror of September 11, 2001, as we watched the tragedy unfold.

We had to do everything in our power to provide first responders and State and local governments with resources to respond to the threat of terrorism around the Nation.

We really should send a signal to the American people that we trust each other, that we appreciate somebody like the Senator from Alaska who has bent over backward to make this work for America, to make this work for labor, to make this…

I appreciate the Senator from Alaska mentioning the broad base of support, and it occurs to me that this legislation has garnered the support of the chamber of commerce and organized labor.

I once again rise to express my strong support for the Coast Guard reauthorization bill and the Vessel Incident Discharge Act, which is contained within it. I also wish to thank the, literally, dozens and dozens and pages and pages of…

in an effort not to take up too much time, the Senator from Alaska didn't mention that the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers is for this bill. The International Longshoremen's Association is for this bill. We have crafted…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read…

I am not going to ask my colleague to yield all of his time to me, but I would just observe this to my friends on both sides of the aisle. This is the kind of bipartisan legislative effort on the part of my colleague from Alaska that ought…

It is imperative that we examine attacks on the homeland closely, no matter the ideology or motivation driving them.

I thank Chairman McCaul for holding today's hearing on homeland threat information sharing in the wake of the Austin bombings.

I assume you subscribe to the statement of the Inspector General about the declining readiness of the Coast Guard's high endurance cutters continuing to pose significant challenges.

I think the Arctic is a place we absolutely have to be represented.

There are rich minerals below in the seabed there.

Thank you for pointing that out. It must be frustrating, Admiral, for the Coast Guard to be aware of as many as 580 events going on out there that you're simply not able to respond to.

The Coast Guard yielded record results last year in its mission to combat the flow of illegal narcotics.

The Coast Guard Academy is one of the finest institutions of higher learning in the country, in the world, and we certainly want to support them.

The Coast Guard has had a tremendous year by all accounts.