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On the recordJuly 6, 2016
We have got about 95,000 miles of coastal area in the United States. We have got 360 ports of various sizes around the Nation, and islands, and so forth, all of which present an opportunity for bad things to happen.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi highlights the vulnerability of U.S. coastal areas and ports to threats.

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