We can't afford to do that if we want to make manufacturing far more competitive.

I want to thank my colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, for his work on this in authoring this resolution. I think, as Mr. Pitts mentioned, both sides of the aisle have worked together on this issue. I know many times the American…

It is obvious that you have no intention to fully fund the NSC.

They should be strengthened, they should be made more transparent, and they should be applied very aggressively by all of our agencies.

It is imperative that the Coast Guard do the same.

There are numerous communities in Alabama right now that are waiting for reimbursement. Are there ways to in some way simplify the process while still allowing for oversight of the funds?

We are very concerned with the new inclusion of additional agencies that would be eligible.

The budget again delays the Offshore Patrol Cutter, OPC, with estimates that we will not have an OPC operational until 2020, 2022.

The fiscal year 2013 grant proposal from the department builds on the reforms that this committee implemented back in fiscal year 2012.

Your fiscal year 2013 budget includes, as has already been mentioned, $6.1 billion for disasters including over $3 billion for the cost of disasters that have already occurred such as the tornadoes that struck my home State of Alabama just…

This study was conducted over eight years ago when Deep Water was the plan for recapitalizing the aging Coast Guard fleet.

The failure is unacceptable to this Subcommittee.