If we are better prepared, if we invest in resilience, if we invest in the case of the west coast and an early warning system, we can save potentially thousands of lives and billions of dollars in infrastructure and economic damages and losses.
Stressing the need for investment in disaster preparedness to save lives and resources.
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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.
The Coast Guard does not have the privilege of ignoring the significant and consequential impacts that climate change is having on our environment.
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…
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