
Congress next week will decide whether it wants to pour more money into a border security wall than the Trump administration requested or fund construction of America’s first new heavy polar icebreaker in more than 40 years, Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), the ranking member on a House panel that oversees policymaking for the Coast Guard, said on Thursday.The Senate appropriated $750 million in fiscal year 2019 for the Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter while the House recommended slashing the program…