Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object, I know my colleague--well, I assume my colleague is sincere about his interest in doing something about our issues of port congestion and supply chain issues, but I disagree with his approach here today. I have, personally, worked very hard on increasing the amount of investment in port infrastructure that was in the bill--just signed by the President on Monday--that helps to increase port capacity around the United States. Why? Because we have seen, even in a pandemic, an increase in trade and port activities. So, yes, we have to invest in our infrastructure. I take disagreement with my colleague's characterization that the President hasn't done anything because the President has helped at L.A.-Long Beach in reducing the congestion, and he has put in place a better COVID response process. My colleagues need to understand that longshoremen died in the COVID pandemic while delivering goods and products to us in the United States of America. They died. So getting a better response in vaccination for people working on our docks is incredibly important. So the President has done something. He has got a better COVID response; he has basically helped at reducing congestion; and he has got a plan to invest in our ports all over the United States of America. I know my colleague wishes that it would be so simple, but these shipping companies are reporting more than $200 billion in profit--$200 billion in profit even during the pandemic.…”