Dan Webster: “I think it is probably the only green filled passenger rail project that will be completed here in the next few years.”

How the FAA and we as Congress respond to this event will have lasting repercussions for decades to come.

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.

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

I urge funding levels in line with H.R. 7659, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024.