[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 24 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DEAL, ORDEAL AND NO DEAL

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the fiasco of allowing a foreign-owned 
corporation, foreign-country-owned company to come into our port 
situation, have information about our manifests, about ports, the 
shipping information, has gone through three parts.
  First of all, it was the part of the deal. It was a deal that nobody 
knew about here in this House of Representatives. Once we found out 
about the deal, it has now gone through the ordeal, where we are 
bringing transparency to this deal that was bad for America. And soon 
hopefully, Mr. Speaker, it will be no deal because it is not a deal 
that is good for the United States, and it is certainly not good for 
Homeland Security.
  Allowing a foreign country to own a corporation that goes into our 
ports and has access to information is a bad deal, no deal for the 
United States.

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