Over the last decade the Coast Guard, post 9/11, has greatly expanded its mission, mostly in the security arena.
Thank the ranking member. And Mr. LoBiondo is now recognized.
Well, I think Admiral Papp has already told me if you have sequestration--I think you have three ships in South America. Is that true?
I would leave you with this, Admiral. The Coast Guard budget just about doubled over the last decade.
we are not going to be in a big air war again, we are not going to be in any more pitched naval battles.
I think it is way past time that we start putting our own country and our own people first once again
None of you in uniform have ever made the decision to go to war. That is always done by civilians.
It is morally irresponsible to try to balance the financial woes on the backs of our men and women in uniforms.
I am tired of our President being a little bit AWOL on this subject.
I am concerned about the troops that are going to be deployed next year to Afghanistan, and are they getting the proper total training that ...
this is not a budgetary issue. These are strategic consequences that we are dealing with.