Peter DeFazio: “This should be a shared responsibility to build out a robust early warning system, save lives.”

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.

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…

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

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