Rick Larsen: “The melting Arctic presents new challenges and opportunities as well.”

Thank you, Chairman Webster, for calling this hearing on a topic of great importance: icebreaking capabilities.

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.

Again, I just reiterate, the bill before us today does not resolve this dispute between the Mexican Government and an American company. There are tools available and that continue to be available to resolve that. It gives the Coast Guard…

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Democrats are for bills that invest in job-creating infrastructure. We are against jamming through fiscally reckless bills that rip healthcare away from 13 million Americans and take food…