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Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of USCG for a House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation hearing titled “The Federal Radionavigation Plan, the Foreign Spill Protection Act, and the National Icebreaker Fund Act of 2015”

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Director of Marine Transportation Systems Gary Rasicot and USCG Director of Incident Management and Preparedness Policy Mary Landry address the Coast Guard’s icebreaking needs, radio navigation plan, and oil spill response capabilities.

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USCG statement for the record for a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing titled “Innovations in Safety Since the 2010 Macondo Incident.”

On the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon incident U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) addresses how the Coast Guard has implemented the lessons learned and the accomplishments that have strengthened the federal government’s ability to prevent, prepare for, and respond to oil spills across the nation.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Testimony of Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Marine Transportation, "Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request for the U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Maritime Commission, and Federal Maritime Ad

Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, discussed the Coast Guard’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Request before the the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Marine Transportation.

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Temporary Suspension of Certain Oil Spill Response Time Requirements to Support Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

Temporary Suspension of Certain Oil Spill Response Time Requirements to Support Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response