Coast Guard caught as ‘collateral damage’ in Democrats' DHS shutdown as China, Russia press US waters
This is performative politics again.
EXCLUSIVE: Republican lawmakers tasked with oversight of the Coast Guard said the lone military branch not under Pentagon authority is being wrongly hurt by Democrats holding up funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is demanding "three basic objectives" to come back to the table, according to CBS News: prohibiting ICE agents from certain properties, unmasking agents in public while mandating bodycams, and addressing use-of-force concerns.
However, ICE and other immigration-related agencies within DHS remain funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other appropriations, leaving FEMA, the Merchant Marine, Coast Guard and other agencies in the lurch, Republicans say.
"Many young Coast Guard families and personnel live paycheck to paycheck. Asking them to continue protecting our waters without the stability they deserve places a real burden on the very people who keep Alaska safe," said Rep. Mark Begich, R-Alaska, who serves on the House Transportation Subcommittee overseeing maritime and Coast Guard operations.
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"I have stood with the Coast Guard, and I will continue to stand with them."
Begich said the guard should never be treated as "collateral damage in Washington’s political fights."
Both he and fellow Last Frontier lawmaker Dan Sullivan told Fox News Digital the USCG is on the front lines of protecting America’s north from ongoing Chinese and Russian aggression.
Sullivan warned of foreign military traffic near Alaska climbing sharply, a trend he says has gone largely unnoticed outside the region even as Moscow and Beijing coordinate more closely.
"Let’s just say the world's largest fleet of oceanographic survey ships wasn't off the coast of Alaska to ‘save the whales,’" Sullivan told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.
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Begich noted Alaska itself comprises half the nation’s entire coastline mileage and 3/5 of its seafood fisheries – both of which interests rely on the Coast Guard.
Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla., represents that coastline on the other side of the country. Within Patronis’ district is NAS Pensacola, where he said the USCG has a presence.
He, along with fellow Floridian and Coast Guard subcommittee member Brian Mast, lamented that servicemembers could soon go without pay as they participate in dangerous drug interdictions to protect the U.S.
While the Pentagon’s strikes on drug boats make much of the news, …
This is performative politics again.
EXCLUSIVE: Republican lawmakers tasked with oversight of the Coast Guard said the lone military branch not under Pentagon authority is being wrongly hurt by Democrats holding up funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is demanding "three basic objectives" to come back to the table, according to CBS News: prohibiting ICE agents from certain properties, unmasking agents in public while mandating bodycams, and addressing use-of-force concerns.
However, ICE and other immigration-related agencies within DHS remain funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other appropriations, leaving FEMA, the Merchant Marine, Coast Guard and other agencies in the lurch, Republicans say.
"Many young Coast Guard families and personnel live paycheck to paycheck. Asking them to continue protecting our waters without the stability they deserve places a real burden on the very people who keep Alaska safe," said Rep. Mark Begich, R-Alaska, who serves on the House Transportation Subcommittee overseeing maritime and Coast Guard operations.
NOEM RIPS DEMS FOR USING FAMILIES AS ‘POLITICAL WEAPONS’ AS DHS FUNDING FIGHT THREATENS LIFE BEYOND ICE
"I have stood with the Coast Guard, and I will continue to stand with them."
Begich said the guard should never be treated as "collateral damage in Washington’s political fights."
Both he and fellow Last Frontier lawmaker Dan Sullivan told Fox News Digital the USCG is on the front lines of protecting America’s north from ongoing Chinese and Russian aggression.
Sullivan warned of foreign military traffic near Alaska climbing sharply, a trend he says has gone largely unnoticed outside the region even as Moscow and Beijing coordinate more closely.
"Let’s just say the world's largest fleet of oceanographic survey ships wasn't off the coast of Alaska to ‘save the whales,’" Sullivan told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.
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Begich noted Alaska itself comprises half the nation’s entire coastline mileage and 3/5 of its seafood fisheries – both of which interests rely on the Coast Guard.
Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla., represents that coastline on the other side of the country. Within Patronis’ district is NAS Pensacola, where he said the USCG has a presence.
He, along with fellow Floridian and Coast Guard subcommittee member Brian Mast, lamented that servicemembers could soon go without pay as they participate in dangerous drug interdictions to protect the U.S.
While the Pentagon’s strikes on drug boats make much of the news, …
Coast Guard caught as ‘collateral damage’ in Democrats' DHS shutdown as China, Russia press US waters
This is performative politics again.
EXCLUSIVE: Republican lawmakers tasked with oversight of the Coast Guard said the lone military branch not under Pentagon authority is being wrongly hurt by Democrats holding up funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is demanding "three basic objectives" to come back to the table, according to CBS News: prohibiting ICE agents from certain properties, unmasking agents in public while mandating bodycams, and addressing use-of-force concerns.
However, ICE and other immigration-related agencies within DHS remain funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other appropriations, leaving FEMA, the Merchant Marine, Coast Guard and other agencies in the lurch, Republicans say.
"Many young Coast Guard families and personnel live paycheck to paycheck. Asking them to continue protecting our waters without the stability they deserve places a real burden on the very people who keep Alaska safe," said Rep. Mark Begich, R-Alaska, who serves on the House Transportation Subcommittee overseeing maritime and Coast Guard operations.
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"I have stood with the Coast Guard, and I will continue to stand with them."
Begich said the guard should never be treated as "collateral damage in Washington’s political fights."
Both he and fellow Last Frontier lawmaker Dan Sullivan told Fox News Digital the USCG is on the front lines of protecting America’s north from ongoing Chinese and Russian aggression.
Sullivan warned of foreign military traffic near Alaska climbing sharply, a trend he says has gone largely unnoticed outside the region even as Moscow and Beijing coordinate more closely.
"Let’s just say the world's largest fleet of oceanographic survey ships wasn't off the coast of Alaska to ‘save the whales,’" Sullivan told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.
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Begich noted Alaska itself comprises half the nation’s entire coastline mileage and 3/5 of its seafood fisheries – both of which interests rely on the Coast Guard.
Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla., represents that coastline on the other side of the country. Within Patronis’ district is NAS Pensacola, where he said the USCG has a presence.
He, along with fellow Floridian and Coast Guard subcommittee member Brian Mast, lamented that servicemembers could soon go without pay as they participate in dangerous drug interdictions to protect the U.S.
While the Pentagon’s strikes on drug boats make much of the news, …
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