Duncan Hunter: “It is not about the coastguardsmen not taking risks, because they take risks every day in defense of this Nation.”

The Coast Guard needs to use every tool out there.

If there is no further questions, I thank all the witnesses for their testimony and the Members for their participation.

I have a bill called the DRIVE-Safe Act. There is a companion bill in the Senate.

I first want to thank Chairman Shuster for giving me the opportunity to serve for nearly 6 years as the chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, and I would like to thank him for yielding me time. {time} 1830…