Peter DeFazio: “The fact is, the population for Lake County, Illinois, has grown by 83 percent. The median household income in Lake…”

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.

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.