06/14/2011
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"I am deeply troubled with this budget. The Coast Guard does not have adequate funding to do everything we expect them to do."
"I remain concerned about the Department's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal to once again attempt to consolidate preparedness grants into one national program."
"We also need to expand our research into climate change so we better understand the coming impacts, and how to mitigate them."
"If we expect the Coast Guard to perform all we ask them to do, we need to fund them properly."