Dan Webster: “This was the first substantial overhaul of America's international ocean shipping laws in 24 years.”

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.

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.

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

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.