We have already made it clear that the need is there. The budget, as we have been budgeting, is not going to meet that need.
I am going to help you fix that, and I am going to put language in my bill to make sure that when you sell surplus property, you get to keep...
Aren't they amazing?
The challenge for leaders in this town is we are consumed by people whose vision only goes from year-to-year.
I have gone on record saying that I think the Coast Guard needs closer to $2 billion per year to recapitalize, do proper recapitalization.
I was there in April with others to commission the first fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber.
We need some more funding in our society, in our budget, and that is where the problem is.
It's like deja vu, all over again.
Every year, Presidents submit budgets that are inadequate for the Coast Guard, and every year, Congress steps in to fortify them.
It has been a very good hearing, and I thank the members for coming and paying such close attention to this important budget.
Please look at those U.S. vessels first, and only if you have to, please, use those foreign vessels.
I think the American people will continue to be surprised that the United States of America does not have a capital budget.
This misguided 'cut at any cost' approach has forced this year's reduction in the budget request for the Coast Guard.
I believe the top line given to the Coast Guard in the President's budget is just not adequate.
The Coast Guard, as you know, I have said to you many times, both in private and public, will forever be in my heart and the hearts of the c...
If Congress approves the President's request, the DHS budget will fall for the third straight year.
the bill you refer to as statutory is the National Flood Insurance Program, which has not been authorized for quite a while over this issue ...
I think we are going to have to find a way forward.
