Ranking Member Carbajal's Opening Statement for Hearing on “Force Design or Force in Decline..."

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Democrats · March 17, 2026

0:00/3m

3:36

0:00

1:00

2:00

3:00

3:30

Unanimous consent

Presentation

0:00 → 0:08(8s)

A committee member requested unanimous consent to enter ranking member Larson's statement into the record; the request was granted (“Without objection”).

Keywords:

Speakers:

Actions:action unanimous consent statement

A committee member at a hearing raised concerns about the U.S. Coast Guard's Force Design 2028, personnel changes and budgets, questioned an alleged purchase of "2 g 7 luxury jets," and honored an airman who died in a rescue. The member asked for clarity on reimbursement, readiness funding, and the size of future operations budgets.

AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Transcript

Unlock the transcript with a paid subscription