Duncan Hunter

I don't understand why people don't see it that way.

But what I would like you to do right now is talk about it in terms of capability.

This is one of those things that everybody says we need, but nobody wants to put the money in.

California is going to legalize coke----

there is no national security, national defense requirement for an icebreaker.

But right now it is pie in the sky, really, talking about two, three, four----

there is no requirement in any operational plan anywhere in the world for an icebreaker.

At what point do you realize that you have to plan for real life, as opposed to planning for non-real life?

But your 5-year plan is short. Meaning, you don't have enough funds for your 5-year plan, let alone your 20-year plan.

How big of a priority was that for the Coast Guard?

If we could sell that cocaine, we could----

So, you know, that would--that might solve the problem.

What I am kind of seeing here, and this is just me being a conspiracy theorist, but after watching the Coast Guard for a couple of years, if you do a block buy or a multiyear contract, basically you are--and it is approved, the Coast Guard…

When will you have your requirements to give the subcommittee, what you have whittled it down to?

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2825 includes H.R. 2518, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017, in division E. The Coast Guard Authorization Act is a product of bipartisan efforts of the Transportation and…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 2\3/4\ minutes remaining.

This important amendment would help safeguard U.S. courts against crowding of court dockets by foreign maritime crewmembers. It simply clarifies where the claim must be brought when the case has no meaningful connection to the United…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title XXXV add the following: SEC. __. RECOURSE FOR NON-U.S. SEAMEN. Section 57103 of title…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the minority leader's words. I did three tours as a U.S. marine. This is the silliest opposition to this amendment that I have ever heard. You are joining the U.S…

After 68 years, H.R. 1726, the Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act will reorganize and modernize title 14, Coast Guard, United States Code. Title I of the bill reorganizes existing sections of the code within the title to provide a more…

So, right now, the very first ship, the Dependable, should have been decommissioned in 2011.

the Navy's budget this year produces no new ships over last year's budget.

So here is what we are going to do. We are going to have a hearing in July on the 5-year plan and the 20-year plan and on your unfunded requirements list.

Why wouldn't you have your 5-year plan along with that? Because then how do you know what you need, if you don't have a 5-year plan?

OK. I am not understanding. This chart is fake. This is a fake chart, because all you have is the dark blue.