Rick Larsen: “It is hard for me to recall another instance where the solution to a policy problem has been so apparent, yet the…”

I encourage all my colleagues to visit the Coast Guard, get out on the water, get up in the air with them, as I did in Pensacola, to truly see the value that they provide to our country.

A State-by-State, do-it-alone approach was, quote, 'inadequate in every vital aspect,' end quote.

I am disappointed it does not include any of the funding included in the President's disaster supplemental request.

The region is rich in natural resources including 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, 30 percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas and $1 trillion in rare earth minerals.