To Admiral Schultz, you used some language saying there would be targeted investments in the shoreside facilities, but with this $2 billion backlog and a reduction of 23 percent in this year's budget, how much are you going to be able to chip away at that backlog?
DeFazio questions Admiral Schultz about budget cuts and backlog issues.
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The Coast Guard does not have the privilege of ignoring the significant and consequential impacts that climate change is having on our environment.
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…
We have to provide resources to the Coast Guard so they can mitigate the effects of climate change in their operational planning.
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