So all of this shipbuilding is coming to Texas and it's a direct result of what we did in the working families tax cut that I was able to write in the funding to provide for this. Well, also as a part of that, I specifically allocated to the Coast Guard $170 million for marine domain awareness. that was to fight this Chinese illegal fishing so that we would know where the reefers are, know where the tankers are, know where the medical ships are. (12:13–12:23)
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