Peter DeFazio: “I appreciate the fact that we are meeting today in the midst of a government shutdown.”

Even one mishandled wheelchair is one too many.

The idiots in the Senate have been unable to approve the Law of the Sea Treaty, so, we don't have full standing to object to Russia continually extending claims further and further into the Arctic region.

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

I think there is going to be a lot of work coming.