Dan Webster: “I have no more presenters and I am prepared to close. Therefore, I reserve the balance of my time.”

Today, the subcommittee will receive testimony from the Coast Guard's icebreaking recapitalization efforts and the ability of the Service to meet its icebreaking and polar region responsibilities.

We absolutely have to do better on this.

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.

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.