Peter DeFazio: “There has to be major action taken by the United States and major action to motivate other countries to take action.”

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.

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…

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

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