So I called this hearing to highlight opportunities for expansion and job creation here in West Virginia.
The Coast Guard is vital to our national security, economic security, public safety, and environment.
The President's request for Coast Guard's Fiscal Year 2012 budget represents a modest increase in funding of 1 percent.
I'm tremendously proud of your predecessor, I'm tremendously proud of you.
I'm going to get out of the car all by myself.
I'm very concerned about the Coast Guard's mission readiness when we don't properly equip them.
Some have also expressed concerns that the Coast Guard is slowly losing some of the autonomy and latitude it needs to operate as a flexible,...
I think we're fortunate to get somebody to be willing to go through this unbelievably convoluted and demanding ethics process.
Federal regulations have forced a lot of the fishermen out of the business, pushed many more to the brink.
The country needs a Commerce Secretary as rapidly as possible to address these many concerns about our economy.
Coal is an abundant and domestically produced fuel that has been and remains an important energy source for the American people.