that pier in kodiak absolutely needs to be replaced at some point. the unfunded priority list has been a very effective tool members of the senate on both sides of the aisle have championed topics for us. we do have infrastructure challenge across the coast guard. we'll continue to voice into that. it is part of the readiness narrative. these things detract from the coast guard ability to provide the nation with the service america wants its coast guard to do. you have our commitment to put our voices against this, take folks out from the hill that want to see things. show them the challenges and what we can do. we can respond from a hurricane harvey from a new facility in galveston and go rescue 11,000 people off the streets of america when there's 52 inches of rain in 36 years. had we done that from an old facility it would have been very different. modern facilities, modern piers, continued support from the administration and senate allows us to buy down some of that challenge. >> an infrastructure bill that addresses this type of hard asset infra

he took me all over the place from north to south and we went to kodiak and there was a refueling. they are used by the coast guard to refuel the cutters. on more than one occasion they had to stop using the four fueling operation because it has a strain on the structural integrity. is this an isolated example? what other sorts of operational safety hazards do they face and what in the world will be do with the 3 billion-dollar backlog? >> yes sir. we have $2 billion of infrastructure and 1 billion of maintenance and that theory of kodiak with the unfunded priority list has beenla an effective tool that members of the senate have championed topics for. so there are infrastructure challenges across the coast acguard. that is t part of the readiness that attract from the ability to provide the nation with the service. 's you have my commitment to take folks out from the administration to show the challenges you can doil and respond to a hurricane harvey from the new facility and go rescue 11000 people when there is 52 inches of rain and 36 hours. w that would have been a very differe

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