"The House did its job. This committee did its job."
"Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, also known as IUU fishing, is a serious threat that has vast security, economic, environmental and humanitarian impacts."
"The Coast Guard is facing a 3,000-person shortage, which has degraded the mission readiness of the Coast Guard."
"Despite this, over the past 3 years, the Coast Guard has failed to reach its 10 percent interdiction goal of known cocaine flow."
"The Coast Guard's role in immigration enforcement is to ensure safety and engage in search-and-rescue missions."
"We cannot have a big league economy with little league infrastructure."
"We cannot have a big-league economy with little-league infrastructure."
"Hon. Rick Larsen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washington, and Ranking Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, opening statement."
"Today's hearing on the state of the Highway Trust Fund is an opportunity to discuss a critical responsibility that faces this committee."
"Thanks. Our Washington State Constitution says gas tax has to be used for transportation."
"Now, we have the third highest gas tax of any State in the country or so."