Peter DeFazio: “The federal government was called upon to maintain a national-scale response to this crisis for an unprecedented period…”

As polar ice steadily decreases, new trade routes will emerge, linking Asia, North America, and Europe.

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.

So, I guess that kind of raises the issue, which I will be passing on to Garret Graves, who I think will chair this committee in the future, of whether or not we should raise the passenger facility charge so we have a user fee which pays…

We have to provide resources to the Coast Guard so they can mitigate the effects of climate change in their operational planning.