Peter DeFazio: “Thank you for scheduling this afternoon's hearing to assess China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative and the implications…”

As polar ice steadily decreases, new trade routes will emerge, linking Asia, North America, and Europe.

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

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.

Senator Tammy Baldwin introduced legislation last Congress that all rail labor unions and shipper groups from a wide array of industries, including the American Chemistry Council (ACC) endorsed.