Duncan Hunter

How do you know what those really are if you don't know what technology is like unpersoned floating vehicles?

The Government is ridiculous. It really is. That is insane, but go ahead.

Mr. Hunter. Absolutely. In fact, what we'll do, we'd like to follow this up with another hearing or a round table when the Coast Guard stays.

Well, that's not good that they won't know how to integrate them into their operations until they have them in their hands?

It's not too complicated. I can tell you it's a floating surfboard with wings under it that has sensors on top.

Just because we work for the Government--I work for the people, you indirectly work for the people--that doesn't mean we can't use common sense.

You know. I was one of the first forward observers to shoot artillery off of an unmanned system with a corporal with a laptop on his back in Fallujah in 2004.

The Coast Guard should be the ones who experiment with this type of technology, who put it to use, who save a lot of money doing it in the beginning.

My point is this: Working for Government has made everybody slow and almost unable--there's no way we can keep up with the technology that's out there.

If that is the case, then it is time for the President to tell Congress what missions the Coast Guard will no longer conduct.

I would argue that every container that comes into our ports certainly represents commerce, but they also represent risk.

the President guts the Coast Guard's acquisition budget, cutting it by 42 percent below the current level.

I would like to recognize Ms. Hahn.

If you are checking cargo on American soil it is probably too late.

If the administration is prepared to underfund and delay the recapitalization of the Coast Guard's assets by another decade, then it needs to tell us, Congress, and it needs to tell you, the Coast Guard, which missions you will no longer…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As the chairman of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, it is my pleasure to rise today in very strong support of H.R. 2217. Earlier this year, the President released a fiscal…

I would disagree. And you as commercial shipbuilders are going to be the ones who have to build those naval ships the way that GM used to have to make tanks.

I expect that the administration knew or thought that Congress would fill in the blanks for them on that.

In fact, let me specify, too, the President has never requested funding for Title XI, ever.

You are vital to the Nation's security interests, and I would like to know the most important thing you think can be done in a private-public way with the U.S. Government's help to keep your industry going.

Well, let me say thank you for being here. And there is a good quote that I like to repeat as often as possible, and it is he who controls the oceans controls the world, whether you are talking merchant mariners, you are talking the U.S…

Thank you both for your service to the country, whether it is in transportation or the military.

The VA reports that 22 veterans take their lives every day.

Many are concerned that the Blue Grass Chemical Activity at the Blue Grass Army Depot is not receiving the resources needed to complete the chemical demilitarization operations.

I stand beside the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Adjutant General, Major General Edward Tonini, in requesting that we fully fund the fiscal year 2014 National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account request.