Mary Landrieu actually said...

We can't have everything we want, but $2.5 billion to maintain the fleet, to accomplish or at least try to meet the targets in the mission, ...

I am committed to doing what I can to make sure that you and the Coast Guard have the resources you need to carry out the missions we have a...

These are priorities for our Nation. That's what the Senators of both parties tell me they want.

The request essentially overwrites the congressional direction that we gave in 2012 and 2013.