Duncan Hunter

If the Congress continues to think it can underfund the Coast Guard yet expect our guardians of the sea will magically fulfill all of its mission responsibilities, we will simply be perpetuating a delusion.

But one program manager, Mr. Schwartz, put it to me this way.

I look forward to writing legislation and working with Ranking Member Garamendi and other members of the subcommittee on that effort.

You're going to regulate the rain runoff on small fishing vessels.

It just seems a little bit crazy to me.

This is just one of those things that really shows this is going back to the 1700s, and you should not need the highest classification license to drive a cable ferry.

we ought to make it statutory. And if you're doing it anyway, we ought to just make it legal

I look forward to combining these ideas with information presented by our witnesses today to form the basis of bipartisan legislation.

I think what we're going to do here is have a little bit of permanent oversight on anybody getting any new IT systems.

They have the data that says how cold the water is, and if the water's not very cold, then you can be in it longer.

This is frankly appalling, and I believe it is a reason we need to be looking at any and all options to address the continuing funding shortfalls in the Highway Trust Fund.

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey and all of my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee who are bringing this up so quickly and for fast-tracking it. Mr. Speaker, I was in the Marine Corps. I did three tours: two in Iraq, one in…

There has been a resistance from everybody, including the American people, because it hasn't been articulated to them by the President or by the administration on what the different options are, I think, long term.

If we are willing to do this over chemical weapons, what stops us from trying to get a resolution of force to bomb the hell out of Iran, who is the real actor here, the real threat behind everything that we face in the Middle East?

This Congress no longer governs America. We don't. It is governed by someone that is never elected.

With such vast authority comes great responsibility to regulate industry in a manner that is fair and does not stifle competition and job growth.

I apologize for my absence. We had Secretary Kerry and Hagel and General Dempsey trying to convince us to go to war in Syria.

We have allowed it to occur, and it is bleeding the economy of this country.

Does anybody feel more secure with Homeland Security nowadays? If you do, you are dumber than a mud fence right now.

It is imperative that the Federal Government foster an atmosphere where our maritime industry can compete and expand.

I would suggest that the Congress would be probably more open to that than we are to a strike.

If we want to grow our economy and remain a world power capable of defending ourselves and projecting power for ourselves and our allies, we must work together to strengthen and preserve our maritime industry.

I am concerned about the cost and impact of several rulemakings that will affect the maritime sector.

I think we would all agree is the real existential threat to us and to our allies, to Israel, to Jordan.

Like the admiral said, Admiral Butt said, that you have to cue. Cuing is a main part of maritime domain awareness, right?