Duncan Hunter: “It would be a mistake--and one that we would vigorously oppose--to weaken the application of longstanding labor…”

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…

Is there a kind of symposium that the Coast Guard has every year?

I would like to differentiate, too, between super high-tech stuff that is in its infancy stages and is nascent--and a floating surfboard that can sense if there is oil in the water that has been around for 5 years or longer.

Yes, it is just short of $5 billion a year.