Dan Webster

But what's happening today with the kinetic responses to the activity there, that's treating a symptom.

Everybody loves ports; everybody loves WRDA. So, thank you for doing that.

We have talked about it, I know there are very few people that even build the ships, much less fix them up, so, is there a way to kind of grab out all the middle of it, of the old ship and put in new and have a--kind of a new ship out of…

Thank you very much.

So, given the increased timeline for PSC delivery, what is the plan in the meantime to allow the Service to carry out its missions in the Arctic?

I look forward to learning what the Coast Guard will do to strengthen its capabilities in these critical regions and how Congress can assist.

In 1787, Alexander Hamilton wrote that 'a few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at small expense, be made useful sentinels of the laws.'

And has the Coast Guard considered contracting out Antarctica icebreaking to free up the Polar Star to patrol the Arctic?

We expect updates as program milestones are met, but no less frequently than every 60 days.

I fear we are losing.

With the Coast Guard's new focus on the Indo-Pacific, how will the Service ensure that it is completely and thoughtfully part of its core missions, how do they do that?

IUU fishing replaced piracy as the leading global maritime security threat.

We meet today to examine the Coast Guard's law enforcement missions, focusing on the Service's counterdrug and migrant efforts and its work to limit illegal, unreported, and unregulated, or IUU, fishing.

To have the Coast Guard this country needs, we must invest in Coasties by providing the Coast Guard with resources for effective recruiting and to repair crumbling infrastructure affecting recruits, cadets, Coasties and their families.

2023 was one of the deadliest years for illegal maritime migration.

The Chinese Communist Party provides billions of dollars in subsidies to their distant-water fishing fleet to plunder the fishing stocks of other nations.

The Coast Guard is our nation's premier maritime law enforcement agency and is actively engaged in countering illicit maritime activity.

Thank you very much.

So, in your estimation, are there particular policies that are driving the increase in migration?

So, if these banks were up and running, loaning money, creating jobs, all the things that happen when money is spent, don't you think that would complement the local existing banks that are there as opposed to deterring them from their…

Its purpose is to provide infrastructure money in lieu of anything else that might be out there, so, it would be non-Federal money, nontax money.

The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023 authorizes $36.3 million to modernize the Coast Guard's IT systems.

A new fleet of Polar Security Cutters is critical to advancing our Nation's sovereignty in the polar regions.

I oppose the plan to reduce the total number of aircraft.

Compared to other programs, the Waterways Commerce Cutter acquisition program has been on track, which is very encouraging.