Garret Graves: “We have lost 2,000 square miles of our coast--2,000 square miles.”

Congresswoman Peltola has been a big advocate and supporter in educating the committee and following in the footsteps of Congressman Don Young in advocating for that State.

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.

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