Peter DeFazio: “It is a breath of fresh air compared to under the last administration, where the problem was substantially ignored.”

I still don't know why it happened.

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…

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.