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Rep. Corrine Brown: “Mr. Speaker, we have a good bill with lots of important provisions, including new matching grants to improve port…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2002
Mr. Speaker, we have a good bill with lots of important provisions, including new matching grants to improve port security, a national security card for port workers and truck drivers, antiterrorism response teams and sea marshals, and Coast Guard authority to block ships for nonsecure ports. We still have a lot of work to do, but this is a great start; and I strongly urge my colleagues to support the passage of the conference report of Senate 1214, the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. I also want to thank staff, and in particular John Cullatner. Against all odds, they did an excellent job.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida
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Discussing the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 and its provisions for port security.

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