Peter DeFazio: “I think it's important to start that dialog as soon as we possibly can”

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

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…

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.

Even one mishandled wheelchair is one too many.