The National Endowment for the Oceans Act takes the common-sense step of using money the government already gets from economic activities on our oceans.
Congress must do its part to ensure that the people and environment in the Gulf region are made whole following that disaster.
Congress should ensure that the United States has the financial resources necessary to be an effective steward of its oceans and coastal eco...
Congress should invest revenues derived from offshore development in a fund dedicated to ocean and coastal restoration and conservation.
It is important because in New England the commercial fishing industry continues to have the highest fatality rate of any occupation, which ...
You are asked to do more with less, and being stretched thin.
We're far below the 300-ship Navy that was the original goal.
I've said this time and again, given the age of the vessels.
It is regrettable, because this is one of the things we tried to avoid in the past.
That is one of the things we tried to resolve with the Deepwater acquisition program reforms, was to make sure you received the money in a g...
Last year, as you know, in Congress we passed the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act which addressed some ongoing concerns about the acquisitio...