06/04/2014
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"what I see here is either one of two things--an effort by the Administration to change the nature of what the Coast Guard does for this Nation, or an extremely short-sighted and risky reaction to the ..."
"But put that aside for a second. The other issue for some of our remote areas in Alaska is the two trips that you would have to get to get a TWIC card to work on, say, Kodiak, for example."
"I know that Senator Murkowski has been a great lead on this before I even got here, on this issue to keep it moving."
"So if you can keep that in mind in your budget, I know you have a proposal and in 9 months the study might be completed."