Dan Webster: “If we had a say in the final bill, we probably wouldn't have had so many discretionary grant programs.”

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.

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.

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.

We absolutely have to do better on this.