In my opinion, no more funds should be allocated to these hemorrhaging money pits.

I would urge the administration to stop spending money on those projects.

I think that in these really frugal times... we perhaps could spend our money better.

It is time for the Coast Guard to develop a world-class training facility that promotes recruitment and retention.

I am here to request your Subcommittee to fund investments at the United States Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May for the fiscal year 2025.

By the way, you are all welcome to come down to Cape May in the summer. It is spectacular.

The Training Center Cape May is the beating heart of the Coast Guard community.

It is fundamentally unfair, it is wrong, and it is in no way, in no way, nobody should kid themselves, our founding fathers never, ever envisioned what is happening now with these agencies.

It's unfair, and I believe it's un-American.

I want to thank the Chair for having this hearing today. It's something we need to talk about.

Our Federal agencies have become emboldened in many ways and in many ways unchecked. Too often they abuse this power.