Dan Webster: “Congress must do better. The Commandant has said that the Coast Guard needs to be a $20 billion service by 2030, and I…”

To date, we have yet to see such a plan, let alone a cost estimate or a timeline of the first vessel in the fleet.

We just want to get ships built. That is all we want to do. Tell us how to do it. We will get the money for you.

Given these immense resources, it should come as no surprise that adversaries, including Russia and China, are working to assert themselves in the region.

This reminds of us the vital importance of the Coast Guard in protecting our nation's waterways.