Peter DeFazio: “I appreciate your leadership on this issue.”

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

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…

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.

Being Chair of the Committee over the past four years has been the highlight of my 36-year career.