Gene Taylor said "I know we are human beings. I am just asking for consideration in the future to try and do better. Mr. Speaker, my second request, as pointed out in the excellent hearing we had last week with the commandant of the Coast Guard, there is still a discrepancy as far as who has responsibility for our U.S. Naval vessels for their waterside security. The Navy thinks big ships, quite frankly. Given their limited budget, they want to buy ships with that money as opposed to small boats. The Coast Guard has a number of areas of responsibility that they are already overstretched on. My request to the gentleman is if he can schedule a hearing where we have the chief of Naval operations and the commandant of the Coast Guard appear before the committee, and some time between now and next spring, an agreement be reached as to the responsibility for waterside security of our vessels so that what happened to the USS Cole never happens again." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 19, 2001

I know we are human beings. I am just asking for consideration in the future to try and do better. Mr. Speaker, my second request, as pointed out in the excellent hearing we had last week with the commandant of the Coast Guard, there is still a discrepancy as far as who has responsibility for our U.S. Naval vessels for their waterside security. The Navy thinks big ships, quite frankly. Given their limited budget, they want to buy ships with that money as opposed to small boats. The Coast Guard has a number of areas of responsibility that they are already overstretched on. My request to the gentleman is if he can schedule a hearing where we have the chief of Naval operations and the commandant of the Coast Guard appear before the committee, and some time between now and next spring, an agreement be reached as to the responsibility for waterside security of our vessels so that what happened to the USS Cole never happens again.

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Gene Taylor

Mississippi

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing waterside security responsibilities for U.S. Naval vessels.

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