Mark Begich actually said...

Would a multi-year authorization on capitalization be helpful to get these longer-term kind of agreements?

the Navy's contingency money is utilized to help offset your costs.

What keeps me awake at night--an oil spill, a collision. A ship sinking in the Arctic keeps me awake at night.

And now what's happening, the House Republicans are trying to compound the problem by giving the Coast Guard even fewer resources.