There is an old adage among mariners that a rescue--that a collision at sea just ruins your day.

It is incumbent upon this subcommittee, it seems to me, to furnish the help necessary so that Maersk and other cargo shippers will continue to keep the world economy growing well into the future.

the findings of the Ship Structure and Machinery Evaluation Board review of the Coast Guard's Medium Endurance Cutter fleet

sound fiscal management has been cast aside and replaced by wasteful mismanagement and recklessness.

Government should have some responsibility to audit and review its regulations.

My North Carolina colleagues and I, Democrats and Republicans alike, from this and other bodies, strongly oppose the FAA decision.

This ADO dog, in my opinion, just don't hunt.

I ask unanimous consent to submit a statement on this matter, Mr. Chairman, from my fellow North Carolinians, Senator Hagan and Representative Butterfield.

We who voted against President Obama's so-called stimulus plan know that Washington really cannot create jobs, and the Federal Government certainly can destroy jobs.

I have tried unsuccessfully to change the congressional pension program.

Reforming congressional pensions is long overdue.