Opposition Grows to Proposed Coast Guard Budget Cuts
The Coast Guard's newest National Security Cutter, the 418-foot Hamilton, cruises alongside the Fast Response Cutter William Flores off Miami Beach Nov. 11, 2014. Several House Republicans and a major veterans service organization voiced opposition to a $1.3 billion cut to the Coast Guard budget in fiscal 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Mark Barney)The Coast Guard's newest National Security Cutter, the 418-foot Hamilton, cruises alongside the Fast Response Cutter William Flores off Miami Beach Nov. 11, 2014. Several House Republicans and a major veterans service organization voiced opposition to a $1.3 billion cut to the Coast Guard budget in fiscal 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Mark Barney)
Posted By: Richard Sisk March 8, 2017
House Republicans and the nation’s largest association of retired military officers have called on the Trump administration to scrap a reported plan for a major cut in the Coast Guard budget, in part to pay for the proposed wall on the Mexican border.
“We cannot defend our homeland and continue critical security missions without the U.S. Coast Guard. It is as simple as that,” Rep. Frank LoBiondo, a New Jersey Republican and member of the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, said in a statement.
“Whomever is advising President Trump that the service could do more with even less is detached from the facts and reality on the ground,” he said.
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