Dan Webster: “The House passed an authorization bill earlier this year that begins to appropriately resource the Coast Guard.”

We need to be a $20 billion Coast Guard. We need to have $3 billion, at least, in our capital acquisition.

I have major concerns about the funding needed to keep up with the backlog in infrastructure, the investments in new assets such as cutters and helicopters and everyday support services to 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.

This rule, if finalized, will destroy the recreational fishing industry and create massive safety hazards for commercial vessels off the Atlantic Coast.