I agree with that. It is a matter of ordering and reordering priorities. but if you think in terms of the new functions that we have given to the Coast Guard over the last several months. as my colleague. the gentleman from Florida. just referred to. we can understand how they have been stretched so thin that they have gotten to the point where they cannot do a decent job on anything that is within their jurisdiction. That is what has happened in the area of law enforcement. whether you talk about drug interdiction. whether you are trying to deal with the flow of illegal immigrants in this country in the southeastern part of the country. whether you are talking about environmental constraints that they have to enforce. whether you are talking about air and sea rescue. They have had to cease many of these operations because they do not have enough fuel. When you think that the entire Coast Guard budget is less than one aircraft carrier. you have got to begin to wonder where our priorities are.
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