Sean Patrick Maloney

If the United States wants to remain globally competitive and avoid future dislocation of the maritime supply chain at vital ports, such as the Port of New York and New Jersey, right down the river from my district, we need a rigorous…

Allowing the VA to recruit doctors before they have completed their residency will increase competition between the private sector and VA hospitals.

This is unacceptable and another example of how our nation has fallen short in caring for those who were willing to fight.

Our responsibility to honor those who are willing to sacrifice everything does not end when they return home.

I will not give up this fight until this prohibition is repealed.

Today, I am proud to be the voice for the nearly 100,000 flight attendants across the Nation.

we have 1,800 fewer mariners than what is needed to address America's sealift needs.

we must develop a national multi-modal transportation and infrastructure plan that prominently features maritime transportation.

the Coast Guard remains underresourced, and is asked to do more with less.

How can we demand the only military service left unpaid during the recent Government shutdown to be asked once again to do more with less?

Unless we are happy to sustain this inadequate interdiction rate, it remains imperative that this committee and Congress continue to support funding increases.

It makes absolutely no sense for the Administration to divert critical resources from an already overburdened Coast Guard in the face of a genuine, documented threat to the security and safety of the American people.

We could increase our unmanned aerial capability by an order of magnitude with several hundred million dollars, let alone $1 billion.

Unless we are happy to sustain this mediocre interdiction rate, it remains imperative that this committee and the Congress continue to support funding increases to recapitalize Coast Guard fleets of surface and air assets.

Inadequate Coast Guard budgets have left the Service with crumbling shoreside infrastructure, aged or obsolete surface assets.

this budget again underscores how little this administration understands or appreciates the importance of the U.S. shipbuilding and maritime industries

What I like about the Coast Guard is, if you do your job, it takes care of its own.

This budget again underscores how little this administration understands or appreciates the importance of the U.S. shipbuilding and maritime industries.

We have a terrible shortage of mariners in this country. What should we be doing to fix that?

the administration's budget request fails in significant respects.

the administration has turned its back on supporting these investments to improve the efficiency and global competitiveness of U.S. ports and marine terminals.

MARAD's budget is short changed. Surprisingly, the administration makes no request for funding to carry forward progress made earlier this year

I think that ensuring we continue to advocate for the Jones Act under these existing conditions is entirely consistent with this administration's policies on defense, and in ensuring we put America first.

The reality remains that Coast Guard District 17... has pressing air support deficiencies and substantial unmet shoreside infrastructure needs.

I look forward to hearing from our expert witnesses this afternoon to gather their recommendations on how best to secure our sovereign presence in the Arctic.