Peter DeFazio: “I support and have cosponsored, to make sure the FAA is funded during a government shutdown.”

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

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.

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

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