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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities.
Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.
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.
And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.
We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.
Ensuring ports are dredged is essential to securing America's place in global trade.
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.
In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U.S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties.
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.
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.