A Quote by Kit Bond

Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The federal government will never outsource our security.

Kit Bond

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Kit Bond
American - Politician
Born: March 6, 1939

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 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

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

I believe it is essential that we close the security gaps that put our nation at risk, and I will continue to fight for the funding that will secure high-risk targets, such as our ports and borders.

Mark Pryor

These funds will ensure that ports will be able to pay for adequate security measures to protect all Americans against terrorist attacks from our seaports.

Bobby Scott

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.

Jim Ramstad

And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.

Dana Rohrabacher

Michael Chertoff and the Department of Homeland Security, they have the primary responsibility of ensuring that our ports are secure.

Alberto Gonzales

One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates.

Kit Bond

We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either.

Bob Menendez

While port security remains one of our single greatest vulnerabilities, it makes little sense to give operational control of our ports to a foreign nation without first doing proper investigations.

Dave Reichert

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo.

Vito Fossella

The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House make the security of our Nation's ports a priority.

Russ Carnahan

Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.

Dianne Feinstein

I made a commitment to the people of Louisiana to bring our federal tax dollars home to invest in our road, bridges and ports.

John Bel Edwards

So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.

Vicente Fox

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