Janice Hahn: “I've been troubled to see in recent years the percent share of funding for these vital missions has just decreased.”

I think our ports are some of our most vulnerable entryways into this country.

I certainly want to make our aid more efficient and accountable, but not if it means compromising a critical industry for our national security.

I couldn't agree with you more, especially at a time when we need more, not fewer providers for these services.

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…