Brian Babin: “If PHMSA does not intend to pursue model 3, how will it make up for the shortfalls and gaps in knowledge?”

I have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Well, we have heard the numbers: 20 percent of all container shipping, 10 percent of seaborne oil, and 8 percent of LNG pass through the Suez Canal; a dramatic increase in attacks since October of 2023.

I am hopeful that the Coast Guard will make serious strides and changes in the future.

As I said previously, commercial remote sensing provides us with critical information related to a number of fields important to U.S. competitiveness. H.R. 1325 will ensure that Congress receives the updates necessary to monitor industry…