Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 56, after line 3, insert the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 612. CONVEYANCE OF DECOMMISSIONED COAST GUARD CUTTER STORIS. (a) In General.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall convey, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter STORIS (in this section referred to as the ``vessel'') to the Storis Museum, a nonprofit entity of Juneau, Alaska, if the Storis Museum agrees-- (1) to use the vessel as a historic memorial, make the vessel available to the public as a museum, and work cooperatively with other museums to provide education on and memorialize the maritime heritage of the vessel and other maritime activities in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, the Arctic Ocean, and adjacent oceans and seas; (2) not to use the vessel for commercial transportation purposes; (3) to make the vessel available to the United States Government if needed for use by the Commandant in time of war or a national emergency or based on the critical needs of the Coast Guard; (4) to hold the Government harmless for any claims arising from exposure to hazardous materials, including asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), except for claims arising from the use of the vessel by the Government; (5) to bear all costs of transportation and deliver…”