Peter DeFazio: “Today the hearing is on a topic that is having already far-reaching implications on transportation mobility in our…”

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

The Coast Guard does not have the privilege of ignoring the significant and consequential impacts that climate change is having on our environment.

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

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.