Garret Graves: “Nobody is asking to build these projects twice. That is an idiotic response.”

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

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

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…