I am thoroughly disappointed, I am thoroughly disgusted, I am thoroughly disturbed about your performance.

Within 45 days of you being confirmed as the Secretary of the Department, this administration has halted border wall construction that was already funded by Congress.

I wish that you would resign. I do. I wish you would resign.

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.

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 regulations.

I look forward to hearing how MARAD is working to assure that all Federal agencies strictly apply mandatory cargo preference requirements to their programs.

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.

Unfortunately, we are here again addressing the exponential rise in cyber threats.

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022. Congressman Young brought a distinct candor and a character to Congress. This body and our country are better off thanks to his service, and he will…

Mr. Speaker, I am honored by your yielding and the work that you are doing in this area. We are in the midst of perhaps the widest array of crises this country has ever seen. A global pandemic, inflation, and an unstable world stage that…