Dan Webster: “Providing the right assets and safe assets to our personnel is the Coast Guard's number one priority.”

Members of the DOGE team are being vetted to ensure qualifications are met and then monitored by Treasury officials throughout their work.

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.

Admiral Fagan, during your address on the state of the Coast Guard, you rightly recognized your Service's funding challenges.