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Gerry Connolly: “I guess I would just say to you, though, in the case of Hambantota, I went there. It was a brand-new port, and it was…”

On the recordMay 7, 2019
I guess I would just say to you, though, in the case of Hambantota, I went there. It was a brand-new port, and it was pristine. Not a single ship had docked. There was not a single cargo unloaded. There was not a container in acres and acres and acres of a port. And I have been to ports. I was shocked.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly describes his shock at the unused Hambantota port in Sri Lanka.

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