Mark Begich actually said...

"We will go ahead and call this field hearing open. This hearing is on Keeping the Coast Guard 'Always Ready' in Alaska."

"We definitely need at least eight national security cutters to preserve our future ability to protect our fish stocks, our fishermen, and our fishing industry."

"If your families are well taken care of, the odds are you increase the capacity of response."

"I am humbled when I come up to places like Alaska and other places in the country where I see these patriotic young men and women who join up and serve for the honor of serving."