Peter DeFazio: “I would suggest, since we are doing a lot of pretend legislation around here on the floor, maybe we should do some real…”

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.

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

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…