When you talk about the Coast Guard right now is keeping rivers open on the east coast so that critical food and energy sources can get to our largest cities. The Coast Guard is out there breaking ice on the Hudson river, the New York harbor, the east river, and keeping that ice, the rivers open so that we can get fuel and propane and fuel and food to New York and to Boston and to cities that rely on that. What you're saying by not funding the Coast Guard is that the Democrat Party doesn't think it's important that people eat or that they stay warm or that our national security is protected. (42:19–42:36)
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Asserts that the Coast Guard breaks ice to keep rivers open for fuel and food delivery to major cities.
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