Peter DeFazio: “I am thrilled we are finally on track for an icebreaker, hopefully to be followed by five more.”

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.

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.

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.