Patty Murray actually said...

"As a Senator from one of the most trade-dependent States in the Nation, the security of our Nation's ports has long been a very top concern of mine."

"I personally want to thank you for your support of that effort and all the resources that were available."

"To pull the plug on that and lose that would be, I think, the wrong direction."

"It is truly one of America's most spectacular bodies of water."