Cory Booker actually said...

"I appreciate you acknowledging me as Chairman, because I have--I don't know if you know--I got a field promotion."

"We also need a long-term strategy that bolsters and supports all sectors of the maritime industry."

"For many decades, the U.S. has relied on the U.S. Merchant Marine with its fleet of commercial vessels and crew of U.S. mariners to assist the military during times of war and national emergency."

"The country's port vessels and merchant marine forces, we know, as has been said, are critical to this nation's economy."