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I hope to be the go-to person on international trade and industry. I think no one before me or after me will ever have so much knowledge about America's ports.
Janice Hahn
Hope
Me
Knowledge
Will
Before
Think
About
No-One
Industry
Trade
Person
America
After
Much
International
International Trade
Ever
Ports
Michael Chertoff and the Department of Homeland Security, they have the primary responsibility of ensuring that our ports are secure.
Alberto Gonzales
Responsibility
Our
Ensuring
Secure
Security
Primary
Michael
Department
Homeland
Homeland Security
Ports
Today, barely 5 percent of all containers coming into the United States through our ports are scanned.
Alcee Hastings
Today
Our
States
Percent
Through
Coming
Barely
United
United States
Ports
I represent the Port of Philadelphia, and I know firsthand the important role that ports play in the national and global economy. I have also seen how simple accidents can have devastating impacts on the port system.
Allyson Schwartz
Simple
Seen
Important
Accidents
National
System
Impacts
Devastating
Economy
Global
Global Economy
Know
Also
Important Role
Firsthand
How
Role
Represent
Port
Play
Ports
Philadelphia
My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric and our passion about Dubai must be matched by the funding necessary to keep our ports and our citizens safe.
Allyson Schwartz
Good
Passion
Dubai
Nation
Our
Finally
Focused
Colleagues
Critical
Must
Citizens
About
Safe
Matched
Issue
Rhetoric
While
Keep
Necessary
Funding
Ports
Larger Post Panamax ships are critical to securing America's position in a global market, and all our ports, including Jaxport, must be deep enough to handle them.
Ander Crenshaw
Post
Enough
Market
Our
Critical
Must
Global
Global Market
Ships
Handle
America
Them
Deep
Including
Larger
Ports
Position
Responsive governments committed to improving the broader trade facilitation and business environment can help companies of all sizes by improving infrastructure: roads, transportation, ports, information and communication technology, and electricity.
Arancha Gonzalez
Technology
Business
Communication
Broader
Responsive
Environment
Roads
Trade
Governments
Improving
Committed
Sizes
Information
Infrastructure
Transportation
Help
Electricity
Companies
Ports
Our Great Lakes, harbors, ports, and rivers provide not only vital resources for us to live, but an entire maritime way of life for so many people. The least we can do is protect it, and the way of life it provides for so many.
Candice S. Miller
Life
Great
People
Live
Maritime
Our
Resources
Way
Great Lakes
Vital
Entire
Only
Rivers
Protect
Least
Provide
Provides
So Many People
Lakes
Us
Harbors
Many
Ports
Senator Vitter and I had a track record of working together on some key issues, restoring funding for our waterways and ports; he assisted me on the Senate side with the veterans' clinics. We have a working relationship where we look out for the interests of Louisiana.
Charles Boustany
Me
Relationship
Working Together
Together
Key
Veterans
Side
Our
Out
Record
Some
Restoring
Had
He
Look
Track
Track Record
Issues
Clinics
Louisiana
Senate
Senator
Where
Interests
Working
Funding
Ports
Assisted
For countries such as Kenya to emerge as economic powerhouses, they need better infrastructure: roads, ports, smart grids and power plants. Infrastructure is expensive, and takes a long time to build. In the meantime, hackers are building 'grassroots infrastructure,' using the mobile-phone system to build solutions that are ready for market.
Ethan Zuckerman
Time
Better
Smart
Plants
Long
Long Time
Power
Build
Building
Market
System
Solutions
Emerge
Economic
Hackers
Takes
Roads
Power Plants
Countries
Ready
Expensive
Infrastructure
Meantime
Using
Grassroots
Ports
Kenya
Need
I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
Francine Busby
President
Arab
Some
Outraged
Outsource
Learn
Operations
American
Wanted
United
Ports
One of the strengths of Adani is that, because we are controlling mines, ships, ports and logistics, we are the cheapest solution provider for end users.
Gautam Adani
Controlling
Mines
Solution
Logistics
Cheapest
Because
Provider
Ships
End
Users
Ports
Strengths
The combination of funding for our ports, airports, and highways is a really significant investment in our infrastructure.
Gina Raimondo
Our
Airport
Significant
Investment
Combination
Highways
Infrastructure
Really
Funding
Ports
Our ports and our borders are the most unprotected fronts in the war on terror.
J. D. Hayworth
War
Our
Borders
Unprotected
Most
Terror
Fronts
Ports
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
Jack Vance
Book
Writing
Too Much
Too
Call
Got
Material
Done
Far
Realized
Much
Suddenly
Ports
China is taking over Brazil, and that is worrying. They are investing in mining, agriculture, energy, ports, and airports.
Jair Bolsonaro
Agriculture
Brazil
Energy
Worrying
Airport
Mining
Investing
Taking
Over
China
Ports
We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.
Jim Ramstad
Immigration
Control
Strictly
Our
Security
Borders
Also
Strengthen
Ports
Need
Our budget works to reduce and eliminate the risk of attacks at our ports, rails, in the skies, our food supply and roads by allowing for increases in many of the programs and agencies to help protect these important areas of commerce and travel.
Jim Ryun
Food
Travel
Important
Increases
Programs
Our
Risk
Area
Food Supply
Attacks
Allowing
Supply
Roads
Budget
Protect
Reduce
Commerce
Agencies
Skies
Help
Many
Works
Rails
Eliminate
Ports
Our ports are a vital link in national security and it is extremely dangerous to be considering their sale to the United Arab Emirates government.
Joe Donnelly
Government
Dangerous
National
Our
Considering
Extremely
Arab
Security
Vital
Sale
Link
National Security
United
Ports
The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it.
John Conyers
Today
News
Management
World
Party
Dubai
Our
Security
Entire
Potential
Implications
Democratic
Vowed
Democratic Party
Him
Calling
Reviews
Task
Veto
Any
Legislation
Bush
Ludicrous
Port
Ports
New highways, ports, and runways appear economically foolish if we don't understand the economic growth that flows from such investments.
John Delaney
Economic
Economic Growth
Foolish
Investments
Economically
Highways
New
Understand
Appear
Growth
Ports
Flows
These were big ones. Those companies would then go in and build an electrical system or ports or highways, and these would basically serve just a few of the very wealthiest families in those countries.
John Perkins
Big
Build
Few
Those
System
Would
Countries
Highways
Go
Were
Very
Families
Big Ones
Just
Then
Electrical
Companies
Serve
Ports
Basically
In light of the recent controversy surrounding foreign management of U.S. Ports, a thorough review of foreign management of U.S. airports needs to occur.
Jon Porter
Needs
Management
Light
Thorough
Airport
Occur
Foreign
Review
Surrounding
Controversy
Ports
Recent
There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English market, and not to sink the price of British corn to the price in the continental market.
Joseph Hume
Corn
Market
Our
Proof
Price
Tends
Abundant
Opening
Always
Foreign
Continental
Sink
English
Raise
Ports
British
Tens of thousands of South Florida jobs are dependent on the trade and commerce that our ports provide, and we have to make sure that we spend our security dollars wisely.
Kendrick Meek
Our
Spend
Jobs
Security
Thousands
Tens
Tens Of Thousands
Wisely
Make
Sure
Trade
Dollars
Provide
South
South Florida
Commerce
Dependent
Florida
Ports
My decision has been that anyone who breaks the law will be prosecuted. If you're a parent or you're a single person or you happen to have a family, if you cross between the ports of entry, we will refer you for prosecution. You've broken U.S. law.
Kirstjen Nielsen
Family
Broken
You
Law
Decision
Will
Single
Has-Been
Cross
Parent
Entry
Prosecuted
Prosecution
Between
Single Person
Refer
Been
Person
Anyone
Happen
Breaks
Who
Ports
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