Peter DeFazio actually said...

Chairman DeFazio recently wrote with the leadership, bipartisan leadership of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, sent a letter to the Federal Maritime Commission to express our concern about ocean carriers prioritizing foreign goods and leaving limited shipping capacity for U.S. exports.

03/22/2021

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