My colleagues and I in the Transportation Committee, both Democrats and Republicans, decided to address this injustice in May when we passed a bipartisan bill that included the provision to finally take the harbor maintenance trust fund off-budget. However, much to my shock and dismay, this provision was stripped out after we passed the bill out of committee. We cannot continue to neglect our port infrastructure and put at risk job growth, our economy, and global competitiveness. For these reasons, I cannot support this rule and WRDA in its current form, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.
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