support over 4.6 trillion dollars in annual economic activity and almost $650,000 american jobs. it is a hugely important part of our economy. and very important that is the global mary time industryer involves and grows that federal regulations and oversite evolve n lockstep with that growth. today we hear from admiral schultz, admiral busby, the maritime administrationed a mins administrator and michael corey, chairman of the federal mary time commission on how to support this change and growth. the varied missions of each industry contribute to the safety, national security and economic growth of our nation. congress has given the coast guard a wide range of missions, very wide as the admiral certainly knows from search and rescue, ice breaking, mary time environmental protections to port security, drug interdiction. international crisis response and readiness to support the department of defense operations. admiral, as i mentioned you yesterday, i happened to catch a a
budget request, outlining the strategic priorities of his military branch and warned that coast guard readiness is eroding. this hearing is just over 90 minutes. . good morning. the subcommittee on security will now come to order. i am pleased to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses today to discuss with the committee, the future of the u.s. maritime industry. yes, the united states is a maritime state with over 95,000 miles of shoreline, over half of which come from my home state, the state of alaska, america s ports, waterways and river systems support over 4.6 trillion in annual economic activity in almost 650,000 american jobs. it is a hugely important part of our economy, and very important that is the global maritime industry evolves and grows that federal regulations in orr site evolve in lock step with that growth. today we hear from admiral carl schulze, the comendant and the hon rational michael cory, chairman on the maritime commission on how to support t
minutes. . good morning. the subcommittee on security will now come to order. i am pleased to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses today to discuss with the committee, the future of the u.s. maritime industry. yes, the united states is a maritime state with over 95,000 miles of shoreline, over half of which come from my home state, the state of alaska, america s ports, waterways and river systems support over 4.6 trillion in annual economic activity in almost 650,000 american jobs. it is a hugely important part of our economy, and very important that is the global maritime industry evolves and grows that federal regulations in orr site evolve in lock step with that growth. today we hear from admiral carl schulze, the comendant and the hon rational michael cory, chairman on the maritime commission on how to support this change in growth. each agency contribute to the safety, national security and economic growth of our nation. congress has given the coast guard a wid
later texas a&m humanities library. talk about the history and preservation of five spanish missions. in san antonio, texas. next historians discuss controversial monuments in the west. including 19th-century statues and plaques. in honor of u.s. military leaders. and monuments to pioneers, missionaries and early settlers who colonized the west hosted by the western history association, this is an hour and a half. i am the author of a book called the legacy of conquest. thank you. its working title was the burdens of western history. that tells us a little something about the relationship that i saw myself into in southern history. and hoped i would see more of in western history. woodford was the first person to read my proposal for the legacy of conquest. i was hoping to do something comparable to what mr. woodward had done to connect the past to the present. and i dreamed of a real engagement between southern history and western history at that time. it irritated me. t
distinguished panel of witnesses today. the united states is a maritime state. . e saust maritime country america s ports, waterways and river systems support over $4.6 trillion in annual economic activity and almost $650,000 and almost 650,000 american jobs. it is a hugely important part of our economy and very important that it s the global maritime as the global maritime industry evolves and grows that federal regulations and oversight evolve in lockstep with that greth. today we hear from admiral carl schultz, commandant of the coast guard. admiral mark buzzby, maritime administration administrator and the honorable michael corey, chairman of the federal commission on how to support this change in growth. their missions at each agency contribute to the safety and national security of our nation. congress has given the coast guard a wide range of missions, very wide, as the admiral certainly knows from search and rescue, ice breaking, maritime environmental protections