03/21/2017
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"I agree. I do not think we are likely to eliminate the debt limit."
"These are entitlements. These are things that people have paid in their entire life."
"I find reports of the Trump administration's plan to cut the budget of the Coast Guard by as much as 14 percent to be troubling and disconnected with the value of this unique military service."
"Given the myriad tasks we ask of the Coast Guard, I believe now is the time to increase the Coast Guard's budget, not cut it."