John Garamendi: “We have got a problem in which the shipping industry is able to discriminate against American exporters, plain and…”

But the job is not done. I will continue the push to bring commonsense measures to Congress that invests in American maritime strength.

This pest and its associated disease pose a potentially catastrophic threat to these industries. If left unchecked, CDFA estimates that losses associated with PD/GWSS could eclipse $104 million annually.

Transparency is particularly important when it appears, as it does here, that the system’s ultimate capability will fall far short of the original promises.

"America's economy is nothing without our infrastructure," said Rep. Garamendi.