05/11/2009
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"I am very concerned about these cuts that we are talking about that both the chairman and the ranking member have already brought up, the high-endurance cutter, the terminating patrol boat, high tempo..."
"I have always thought since I have been on this subcommittee since 2004, that the Coast Guard was the shining light in the Homeland Security Department."
"According to the fiscal year 2013 budget, the Coast Guard will be at a five-year low for drug interdiction capability."
"The way I view what is happening on the border, especially with this cocaine war that you just described for us just a few minutes ago with those tons of cocaine that come into this country is that, y..."