"This piece of legislation is a testament to our commitment to ensuring that the backbone of our maritime infrastructure is not compromised."
"Nearly 80 percent of the ship-to-shore cranes in our ports in the United States come from CPMC."
"We cannot stand idly by while components of American maritime infrastructure could be weaponized against us."
"the Biden Administration unconditionally handed over Afghanistan to the Taliban terrorist organization with its refusal to enforce the DOHA agreement."
"I, along with other Republican and Democrat Members of Congress, urged President Biden to uphold the conditions of the DOHA agreement."
"We saw that on February 24th, 2022, when War Criminal Putin invaded Ukraine."
"The global war on terrorism is not over. It is coming to America."
"I sent him, and asked that night, I asked for copies of the letters of the advice that he received to abandon the people of Afghanistan."
"The withdrawal from Afghanistan was a strategic blunder of monumental proportions."
"The core problem was not the DOHA agreement. It was a President who refused to enforce it."
"Our military is not meant for nation-building. It is meant to go and break things and impose our national will."
"They have no choice but to prepare to defend themselves, and we have made a commitment to help them defend themselves if the Talibs go the route of a military solution."