Elijah Cummings actually said...

The SAR mission is one that the Coast Guard performs on a daily basis, and it is a mission central to what our Coast Guard is: a service of guardians willing to risk their own lives to save those in peril.

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Cummings emphasizes the importance of the Coast Guard's search and rescue mission.

09/29/2009

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