I think I made a mistake when I called it year of the family because it implies one year.
As we figure out and work on the housing, let us--I know you need additional resources for facilities to maintain the ai...
CBO is a mystery group. I do not know where they are in the Capitol, but they are probably in some room down with no win...
There are very needy Coast Guard families out there that need better housing.
I am humbled when I come up to places like Alaska and other places in the country where I see these patriotic young men ...
If your families are well taken care of, the odds are you increase the capacity of response.
We definitely need at least eight national security cutters to preserve our future ability to protect our fish stocks, o...
We will go ahead and call this field hearing open. This hearing is on Keeping the Coast Guard 'Always Ready' in Alaska.
I think we are anxious, because I think the housing and the onshore facilities are critical.
We have about a $2 billion backlog in shore projects.
I think what Canada is doing... is an Arctic capable offshore patrol.
Whether we need an official regional committee in the Arctic I think is something that is worthy of further consideratio...
I am very anxious to hear about the safety concerns.
So my proposal to allow for purchasing across State lines is one avenue.
It just seems highly inefficient and goes against the goals here for you to have a 3-month----
We've got to deal with this.
Alaska is one of these 17 States now that has been impacted in really a very, very harsh way.
Alaska's situation is probably unique, but it does also bring up the issue for these other States that, again, lack the ...