06/23/2025
https://www.cbsnews.com...
"Thank you very much, Chairwoman Miller and Ranking Member Jackson Lee. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss these very important issues of maritime security."
"Considering, obviously, our geographic location and some of the challenges that we face with both air and marine security there, I am wondering about your lack of presence there."
"Not only--you have talked about the readers and the other issues that have been there, but with folks who have been working at our ports for 12, 15, even 20 years, erroneously being flagged."
"The reason I ask is because I have had conversations with many of our maritime workers that I have seen in our States."