At a time of terrorist threat, when for years we've been saying our ports are vulnerable, we should not be surrendering any U.S. port to a foreign government, let alone the U.A.E., with their background. |
I am calling upon President Bush to reverse the outrageous, the reckless and the irresponsible decision to turn over American ports to foreign governments. |
I don't know where our flooding historian is, but it is certainly deeper than any of the pictures we saw from years past, |
I think that they did not take into account the vulnerability of America's ports. I think Congress needs to have further hearings on these things. |
I thought that's what they've been doing since Sept. 11, |
kind of surge that the experts only said would come from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane, direct hit. |
We should not try to make the federal government our first responders, ... But when a disaster of the size of this hurricane hits, we should have better mechanisms in place that allow our federal government to restore order and provide relief. |
We're glad to participate in this latest review, but what we need is not so much a review, but proactive steps and investments that make cities safer and stronger, |