Roger Wicker actually said...

"Thank you for holding this important hearing on the opportunities and challenges facing maritime transportation."

"I assume you subscribe to the statement of the Inspector General about the declining readiness of the Coast Guard's high endurance cutters continuing to pose significant challenges."

"The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower convenes this afternoon to examine Navy shipbuilding programs."

"The Coast Guard Academy is one of the finest institutions of higher learning in the country, in the world, and we certainly want to support them."