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Ranking Member Carbajal: Coast Guard needs sustained funding to maintain readiness, international partnerships
Summary
Ranking Member Carbajal praised the U.S. Coast Guard's multi-mission role, warned the Department of Homeland Security appropriations may not adequately fund operations and readiness, cited GAO findings of readiness and workforce shortfalls, and highlighted fisheries enforcement and recent "dark fleet" seizures.
Ranking Member Carbajal opened the hearing by praising the U.S. Coast Guard as "the nation's premier multi mission law enforcement agency," stressing its dual role in homeland security and national defense and its partnerships with other nations and agencies.
Carbajal said the Coast Guard's counterdrug and boarding operations produce critical intelligence and credited "precise and professional actions" by boarding teams for those results. He warned that…
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