Peter DeFazio: “I did, after a long battle, get a provision in the bill that says any additional real funds allocated by Congress will…”

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.

Even one mishandled wheelchair is one too many.

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.