Mike Gallagher actually said...

"The Department has used the IRC to legitimize a wave of new regulations with minimal involvement from the legislative branch."

"The most severe shortfall we are facing right now in our maritime sealift capacity for wartime demands is in tankers."

"To avoid America suffering the fate that we see our European allies suffering today under the threat of Russia cutting off gas supplies, we need to improve and expand our own U.S. shipping fleet to pr..."

"There are opportunities to improve that, though. Obviously, we need to improve compliance with cargo preference, and MARAD needs to be charged with being able to do that."