09/17/2013
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"I want to be a partner with her to develop assets that our Nation needs to stay first in global competition."
"With the help of Senator Murkowski, the fiscal year 2013 Senate appropriations bill includes $10.336 billion for the Coast Guard."
"I do hope that as we leave this field hearing this morning, not only Senator Landrieu gets a little bit deeper appreciation of the role that the Coast Guard is playing."
"I like to say, as an advocate for the industry, but also for good environmental practices, that until the Deepwater Horizon, there was more natural seepage of oil into the ocean than oil ever spilled ..."