Dan Webster: “I want to thank and welcome our witnesses, and thank them for being here today.”

To the Coasties who joined us here today and across the world, thank you all for your unconditional service to our nation.

If Congress does not double the Coast Guard's budget in 2026, the Service will either have to abandon the program.

It is not enough to build airplanes in the U.S.--U.S. aviation must build safe airplanes in the U.S.

The United States has relied on the Coast Guard's persistent presence to demonstrate American sovereignty in the Arctic since the United States acquired Alaska in 1867.