"Funding phase 2 in this year's appropriations legislation is a national security imperative."
"Global threats, such as Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and Russia's expansion into the Arctic have greatly increased the importance of the Coast Guard to America's national security."
"The Coast Guard needs to seize the day, especially while it has the Congressional support to do so."
"I hope our former House colleague, FMC Chairman Dan Maffei, can share with us what resources he and the other Commissioners believe the FMC needs to right-size its enforcement of ocean shipping regula..."
"Unfortunately, we are here again addressing the exponential rise in cyber threats."
"So, that tells us that hopefully if we are here again in a year, another year, that we hopefully can say, hey, we have done more, we are doing better in those areas that you just mentioned."
"This committee has no higher responsibility than ensuring the safety of the flying public."
"It is unfortunate that we are in this situation and it was certainly preventable."
"The issue of 5G interference with aircraft radio altimeters is very serious."
"The current 5G crisis was foreseeable."
"I think we would do so much better. You can't have people in different spots doing different things not knowing."