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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.
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.
Ensuring ports are dredged is essential to securing America's place in global trade.
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.
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.
I think all the knowledge and all the travels that I've done, I'm going to do a lot of great work in the future.
We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.
And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.
My focus will be a strong and growing economy - so everyone who wants a job can find one.
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.