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Lawmaker warns proposed cuts to Coast Guard shoreside funding would undercut recapitalization
Summary
At a House committee hearing, a senior member urged support for a Senate-passed bipartisan funding bill and warned that a 15% cut to shoreside infrastructure (PC&I) in the administration's budget would jeopardize the Coast Guard's recapitalization and readiness; Admiral Lund delivered opening testimony and entered written testimony into the record.
Mr. Carbajal, the panel's ranking member, opened the hearing by urging support for a bipartisan funding bill the Senate passed unanimously and by warning that proposed cuts to shoreside infrastructure will undermine the Coast Guard's recapitalization.
"I urge my colleagues to support the bipartisan funding bill passed unanimously by the Senate that would provide financial certainty to the Coast Guard service members," Mr. Carbajal said, adding that while the overall budget request rises by about 15 percent, the administration's…
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