Garret Graves: “I have spent 20 years of my life busting my butt to restore our coast and protect our coastal environment.”

The reason that we purchased Alaska was largely the geography, as well as the natural resources, and the abundance of that State is profound and just critically important.

Madam Speaker, today and every day the brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard carry out a critical mission: securing our borders, patrolling our waters, and saving American lives. As vice chair of the Coast Guard and Maritime…

I think that is fair, and I think they deserve it.

All of these groups are supporting this bill and urging a ``no'' vote on the other bill, H.R. 5342.