John M. Richardson: “About 67 percent of our economy is directly tied to the seas, and about one-third of the world's trade flows through the…”

I strongly request that the Congress act to correct this most painful problem.

It just doesn't make sense to have our entire economy based on one thing that is subject to these boom-and-bust cycles.

Continued sequestration-level defense spending puts American lives at greater risk.

We are there to make sure that freedom of navigation is maintained and to advocate for the rules-based order.