Peter DeFazio: “Safety mandates from the 2011 and 2016 reauthorization bills still aren't completed.”

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.

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.

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

I think there is going to be a lot of work coming.