OK. So Chouest did build an icebreaker for you.
I have always said whoever--I didn't say this originally, someone else did, but whoever controls the ocean controls the world, right? And no...
It seems like NOAA and the NSF and Alaska, just with public-private partnerships, would be happy to do what you--you are able to do what you...
So it wasn't scored in 1 year, it was scored over the life of the lease, like real life is supposed to be.
But you have a model right now, where you are basically using those leased icebreakers.
If we are happy to let Russia do it for us, we will have Russia do it for us.
When is the Navy going to put forward funds for an icebreaker, if it is so important?
The national strategy calls for a strong U.S presence in the Arctic, but the Implementation Plan... fails to identify what specific infrastr...
I share the concerns raised by Admiral Papp... that forcing the Coast Guard to pay for a new icebreaker will significantly delay the acquisi...
You support them with money?
I think this might be our last Arctic hearing that we have on this, because I don't think anybody really wants an icebreaker.