Subcommittee Hearing on “Drugs, Thugs, and Fish: Examining Coast Guard Law Enforcement Efforts”

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation · January 14, 2026

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Opening and unanimous consent

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Chair (identified later in the hearing as Chairman McDowell) called the subcommittee to order and secured unanimous consent for the chairman to declare recesses, for non-subcommittee members to sit and ask questions, and for submission and email of documents to the record.

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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held an oversight hearing where Rear Admiral David Baratta and GAO director Heather McLeod testified on the Coast Guard's law enforcement missions, citing record drug seizures, challenges from 'dark' fleets and IUU fishing, and readiness and staffing shortfalls. Members pressed witnesses on boarding authorities, acquisition delays, maintenance capacity, and workforce plans; the record was left open for 15 days.

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