The conference report recognizes that the Coast Guard has an important job and does it well. Indeed. the widespread support for the Coast Guard budget reflects the breadth and complexity of its missionsfrom protecting our maritime boundaries and the safety of life at sea to preserving the ocean environment and enforcing maritime laws and treaties. On an average day in 1994. the Coast Guard saved 14 lives. assisted 328 people. responded to 34 oil or hazardous chemical spills. inspected 64 commercial vessels. seized 379 pounds of illegal drugs. serviced 150 aidstonavigation. and interdicted 174 illegal aliens. Over the years. we have continued to ask the Ocean Guard to do more with less. In typical fashion. the Coast Guard has responded with a streamlining plan that will trim $400 million from the budget by 1998 and allow personnel reductions of 4000 people.
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