Alan Lowenthal: “I think you have raised an important issue. We do not deal with that in this bill at all.”

Gulf Coast communities are also on the front lines of climate change, and sea-level rise, erosion, flooding, and more powerful storms will continue to wreak havoc until we reduce our emissions.

The Coast Guard's response to this recommendation is currently classified as 'open--unacceptable response.'

I look forward to the testimony from our witnesses.

I thank my colleague, Representative Cartwright, for introducing this important bipartisan legislation and working to build such an impressive coalition of support. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 7283, and I reserve the…