Peter DeFazio actually said...

"I think there are real questions about the Coast Guard, whether their budget is adequate to carry out this very, very important function."

"Now, that is just not right, and that really requires some scrutiny."

"I really don't like systems that foster preventable tragedies that take 33 lives."

"Do you feel there is any conflict in your mission here where you are both to facilitate and promote seaborne commerce and at the same time you are supposed to protect the life and safety of the marine..."