Guard be established as the highest Alaska. and Charleston. S.C.. were priority of this service. Thus. when listed as cities where the Coast Guard the choice is between saving lives. would deploy at least one search and intercepting drugs. or turning back il- rescue helicopter during the peak legal refugees. the emphasis will be on boating season. when the level of dissaving lives. This is not to say that the tress calls is the greatest. other missions will be ignored. as they In addition. each of the temporary are very important. to be sure. Howev- deployments would be evaluated to deer. the people of the coastal regions of termine whether or not a permanent this country need to know that. 24 deployment is Justified. based on the hours a day. rain or shine. a Coast number and character of the distress Guard vessel or aircraft will be avail- calls during the seasonal deployment. able to preserve their lives and their For several years now. the Maine businesses. This will not be the case if congressional delegation has been vessels and aircraft are diverted from. trying to gain approval for the funds say the 1st Coast Guard District in necessary to establish a Coast Guard New England tn the 7th District in helicopter station on the Maine coast. Florida. for the purpose of drug inter- Maine had previously had the benediction or refugee control. I would fit of temporary deployment during hope that my colleagues from Florida peak periods. but In recent years there would agree that saving lives and have been no Coast Guard helicopter property. whether in the South. the deployments at all except for the hellNortheast. or the Pacific Northwest. copter that stands by to provide emershould be the primary function of the gency assistance to Vice President U.S. Coast Guard.
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