Mark Begich actually said...

I have seen some of that housing, and you actually had to live in it at times, and I know that, and there is a great need there.

Senator Begich acknowledges the need for improved housing for Coast Guard members.

04/22/2013

More Mark Begich Quotes

if we don't know what that end is, we don't know if we're really fully, if we're at 70 percent of your mission, 60 percent, 80 percent.

We need a deepwater port up there--not only for the industry, but for the Coast Guard, and oil spill technology.

We have no place to put people up there. We have no hangers for aircraft. We have no piers, no Coast Guard boats.

We have zero capability to respond in the Arctic right now. And we've got to do better than that.