John Garamendi actually said...

"we have continually underfunded the Coast Guard icebreaker program--continually."

"Challenge us--don't dance, come very clear--if we do not have the money for the 8 to 10 icebreakers now or next budget year, we will fail to achieve the necessary presence in the Arctic."

"The bottom line here, I am going to ask you guys, is there a national security threat in the Arctic as a result of the inability of the United States to have a presence in the Arctic?"

"the only way we are going to do it is to rethink how we are going to get those icebreakers."