"Mr. Garamendi. Mr. Chairman, it is not clear to me how the Coast Guard is learning and using, and certainly integrating these technologies."
"This plan really is the culmination of some 30 years of effort to try to figure out how to...position one of the greatest amenities in this world, Yosemite National Park, for the 21st century and all ..."
"We have to complete the process of planning, we have to complete this particular effort."
"It is not just the administration. It is this Congress as well."
"Failing that, it is folly for us to believe the Coast Guard will be able to adequately maintain operations."
"We are going, this committee is going to have to seriously consider modifying the mission of the Coast Guard."
"If we are going to spend $46 billion on border security on the land, we need to think seriously about the rest of the border."
"The more likely event is to use the ports. If we are going to have a nuclear threat, it is likely to come from a container."
"We need to really think seriously about how we are going to deal with this."
"some of those choices are nonsense."
"I have great confidence in the gentleman from Alaska taking care of the ice cutter--the icebreakers."
"Potential savings of three-quarters of a billion dollars is significant, and I know there is going to be some kickback coming from whoever doesn't have that contract to manufacture the remaining 18."