With the help of Senator Murkowski, the fiscal year 2013 Senate appropriations bill includes $10.336 billion for the Coast Guard.
the Arctic is going to be a very big challenge.
I plussed-up the research budget of Homeland Security by $200 million. I feel very strongly in investing in research dollars.
That equates to about 90 billion barrels of oil and about 44 billion barrels of natural gas liquids.
It may be shocking, Senator, to think about this, but 47,000 personnel and 7,000 vessels responded to that accident.
The United States must prepare now to realize and act on the significant opportunities and address the changing needs in the Arctic.
Thank you, Chairman Landrieu, Senator Murkowski, for the opportunity to speak.
We have all mentioned this in our opening statements, but I would like to give you an opportunity to take 1 minute to describe in even more ...
There has to be a better way to do this, because we have to take that money out of the Coast Guard budget.
A recent study sanctioned by the Coast Guard, named the 'High Latitude Study', calls for a minimum of three heavy polar icebreakers and a mi...
I am so pleased to join my dear friend and colleague and partner, Senator Lisa Murkowski.