Peter DeFazio: “Thanks for holding this hearing.”

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

This was purposely done so federal funding would be directed to frontline workers for our pay and benefits and to prevent growing inequality.

But I am proud of the work of this committee, and this Congress as a whole, these last two years--to defeat that sense of inertia and deliver for the American people.

Even one mishandled wheelchair is one too many.