On the recordMay 20, 2019
Undermining the Coast Guard is not going to deliver on those goals.
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congress.govUndermining the Coast Guard is not going to deliver on those goals.
DeFazio warns that cuts to the Coast Guard hinder national security and drug smuggling efforts.
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But I am proud of the work of this committee, and this Congress as a whole, these last two years--to defeat that sense of inertia and deliver for the American people.
I was a rehabilitation counselor. So, I am quite familiar with some of the struggles.
I just really think, even when we finally get to three functional, modern, major icebreakers, I mean, you still have the Antarctic mission and other things.
The Coast Guard does not have the privilege of ignoring the significant and consequential impacts that climate change is having on our environment.