"There is nothing about this budget that demonstrates a respect for the growing and critical nature of your missions."
"We do need ships. And Texas is a big exporter of natural gas."
"For a couple of billion dollars we could have the heavy icebreakers."
"If we didn't pay Members of Congress, we wouldn't shut down in the first place."
"We know we are not where we should be on the Polar Security Cutter program."
"There was a gee whiz moment for the U.S. Navy this last 18 months, and that is, oh my God, the Arctic is opening up."
"I draw this to the attention of the committee, particularly those that are on either the Appropriations or the Armed Services Committee, that this is absolutely critical, and that we simply ought to m..."
"Congressman Garamendi outlined one approach in his legislation that he is proposing, along with Senator Wicker, a way to incentivize ships to come under the U.S. flag, to be available to us in time of..."
"First of all, for all the Members here, this is the maritime subcommittee. We have been trying for about 6 years to get a Congressional Gold Medal for the merchant mariners of World War II, who had th..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a whole lot of questions here."
"Much of the discussion that the President is engaged in with tariffs misses this key point and, frankly, he would be better off dealing with it directly as Mr. Rouda's legislation does."