Peter DeFazio: “Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for holding this important hearing on the need to invest in our Nation's ports and inland…”

Even one mishandled wheelchair is one too many.

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.

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.

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