I know. however. that the levels of funding are still below those in the Coast Guard authorization bill for Fiscal Year 1983. particularly for operating expenses. I suspect that we will once again during the course of the next Congress be faced with adding money in a supplemental appropriation for the Coast Guard. We know that with additional programs. such as the drug and migrant interdiction operation in the south FloridaCaribbean area. the Coast Guard is being stretched thin throughout the rest of the country. We must be sure that its personnel and facilities are not being overtaxed and that they do not run out of fuel and parts for their ships and aircraft simply due to the lack of proper funding. As the Representative from the State of Alaska. you have heard me repeat time and time again that the services of the Coast Guard are extremely valuable and essential in that region.