03/01/2011
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"I am not going to spend the next 5 years, 6 years, or 10 years, as long as I am here, nibbling around the margins."
"Our subcommittee is interested in helping you build the Coast Guard we need for the country."
"We have already made it clear that the need is there. The budget, as we have been budgeting, is not going to meet that need."
"I am going to help you fix that, and I am going to put language in my bill to make sure that when you sell surplus property, you get to keep the proceeds to invest back into your housing."