Dan Webster: “We meet here today to examine the Coast Guard's implementation of the recommendations from the Accountability and…”

We absolutely have to do better on this.

Given these immense resources, it should come as no surprise that adversaries, including Russia and China, are working to assert themselves in the region.

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.

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.