Upgrading the Coast Guard results in manyfold returns to this country. That is. the Coast Guard by improving the performance of this military role simultaneously upgrades the performance of its valuable peacetime missions and vice versa. Further. full funding will assure the availability and continuance of the Coast Guard as a flexible and responsive agency. The recent experience with the Cuban refugee exodus. which required an agency which could render a humanitarian service as well as professionally bring to bear law enforcement capabilities. indicates the value of the Coast Guard. Numerous Government reports dramatically demonstrate this need for additional funding. As the Representative for Alaska.