The Coast Guard is essential to protecting our marine environment, supporting the free flow of goods in our economy, keeping illegal drugs off our streets, and investigating maritime pollution incidents.
DeFazio emphasizes the Coast Guard's vital role in national security and environmental protection.
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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.
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.
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