Dan Webster: “The bill is well-intentioned and looks good on paper, but there are some key differences between it and the sea turtle…”

Providing the right assets and safe assets to our personnel is the Coast Guard's number one priority.

We absolutely have to do better on this.

Your maintenance budget will only cover half of planned cutter maintenance projects in 2024.

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.