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Daniel Alan Webster is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 11th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and fiscal responsibility during his time in office. Webster previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate, where he gained experience in state-level legislation before moving to Congress. He is known for his commitment to conservative principles and has been active in various congressional committees.
Putting it succinctly, we need an understanding of how many mariners there are and what qualification levels they hold, their medical status, and, as an aside and something we will need to do ourselves, their willingness to sail in times…
Today, we receive testimony regarding the shortage of United States mariners and recruitment and retention challenges in the United States Coast Guard.
You want to know where the carbon footprint is coming from? It is not coming from natural gas.
Quality of life is a recruitment and retention issue. While it is incumbent on the Coast Guard to tell us what they need, Congress needs to better support the women and men who serve.
We are on track to meet that requirement. We should have, as I mentioned, four more JROTC units stood up by the beginning of the next academic year.
I will probably lose. There is so much big money, so much power behind this, so many foreign countries involved with this.
I applaud Admiral Fagan for her refreshing approach exemplified by the slogan 'tomorrow will look different, and so will we.'
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