And do you feel the other countries are participating in a way that is going to produce an end product?
I think public funding, private-public partnerships, equity, these are all really--I mean, they are important long-range...
fortune favors the prepared.
Don't worry, I'm going to ask Jack the same question.
Ultimately, though, we hope that the White House work on a national strategy... will help to reinforce those priorities.
We need to get things in place there that are going to be some economic advantages for the region.
I suggested upwards of $2 billion, because when you do these port developments, it's a combination of private sector mon...
It's not about necessarily one port or one super port. It's about kind of a sequence of resources available.
Thank you very much, Ed.
oil and gas development is important, but in the sense of shipping, the amount of movement of ships in the Arctic and th...
it has been a sea change practically in how things have been done
Thank you for testifying. I appreciate you doing this by VTC.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm just testing. Can you hear me okay, sir?
Thank you very much for your testimony.
The question is whether the U.S. will set the bar for doing it right by using strong science and data.
the Coast Guard was ready for operations in the Arctic with Operation Arctic Shield.
we do need to make it sustainable through a number of different operators
The highest probability of incidents is clearly in the increased maritime traffic across the board.
