03/08/2017
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"The Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) will be the workhorse of the Coast Guard's offshore fleet for decades to come."
"the 2019 budget for the Coast Guard under the revised or elevated caps provides the Coast Guard a tremendous level of support."
"The Coast Guard served as the Federal on-scene coordinator for that disaster and is well aware of the cost of that mess and the ongoing consequences."
"We need to look no further than the last hurricane season to see the exceptional work that 56,000 Active Duty Reserve and civilians, and 31,000 Auxiliary volunteers did when the Nation needed them."