Dan Webster: “I do not believe that these windmills are going to be good.”

We absolutely have to do better on this.

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.

At the same time, our nation has two operational icebreakers, one of which is dedicated to the Service's Antarctic mission in support of the National Science Foundation and is operating well past its intended service life.

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.