Subcommittee Hearing on “Force Design or Force in Decline: Reviewing Readiness”

House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation · March 18, 2026

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Chairman Ezell called the Subcommittee to order, requested unanimous consent for recess authority, for non‑subcommittee members to sit and ask questions, and for submission procedures for inserted documents to the record.

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The House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation questioned Coast Guard Acting leadership about hundreds of statutorily mandated overdue reports, execution of Force Design 2028 and the use of $25 billion in reconciliation funding, schedules for icebreakers and other acquisitions, training capacity and impacts from the DHS shutdown.

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