Garret Graves: “Turning a ship as old and large as the Coast Guard takes strong leadership, time, and commitment.”

I want to publicly thank Representative Hoyle for her work on the bill. It is a great bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Ezell).

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.

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

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