John Garamendi actually said...

"I thought that might be the case, the answer, but I threw it out there because we would like to get at this and have some assurances that these response mechanisms are actually in existence."

"What resources would be necessary to deal with this Arctic situation, which we know is the new Northwest or Northeast Passage?"

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."

"I am very, very disappointed in the administration in all this--as it continues to circle around and circle around what we know is a backup system that is readily available to us."