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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbayt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:01 a.m. in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Shelley Moore Capito, (presiding). Present: Senators Capito, Tester, and Shaheen. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COAST GUARD STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE ADMIRAL KARL SCHULTZ, COM- MANDANT OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO Senator CAPITO. I'd like to welcome everyone, and I call this hearing of the Subcommittee of Homeland Security to order. This is the subcommittee's first hearing of the fiscal year 2020 budget cycle, and we are reviewing the budget request of the Coast Guard. I want to thank the Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Karl Schultz, for agreeing to appear before our subcommittee today. He is an outstanding leader and a top military officer of one of our five armed services of the United States. I have had the op- portunity to join Admiral Shultz to review Coast Guard activities around the country, and just a week-and-a-half ago at critical Coast Guard facilities in my state of West Virginia. I am sure his insights will help our subcommittee better understand how the Coast Guard's budget request would support its many missions, from ensuring the safe navigation of waterways, to pollution con- trol, to defending the United States' maritime borders. This is the first time Admiral Schultz is appearing before our subcommittee, and we look forward to hearing from him. I am very pleased to be joined today, as always, by our Ranking Member, Senator Tester. We are excited to hold our first fiscal year 2020 hearing after an interesting 2019 cycle, and I think I can speak for both of us when I say we look forward to continuing our work together. Last year, we worked hard to make sure necessary funds were appropriated to the Coast Guard to construct the first new heavy icebreaker built by the United States in more than 40 years. We also continued an historic recapitalization of the Coast Guard over- (1)

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