Peter DeFazio: “Congress has to do that. Our objective is one, single Federal standard that does preempt the States.”

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.

Even one mishandled wheelchair is one too many.

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.

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