Peter DeFazio: “Congress is an independent entity. So we are going to accomplish his goals and some of our own.”

The Coast Guard does not have the privilege of ignoring the significant and consequential impacts that climate change is having on our environment.

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.

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…

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