[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              PORTS CAUCUS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last week, Congresswoman Janice Hahn 
(CA) and I hosted the inaugural event for the bipartisan congressional 
PORTS Caucus.
  The PORTS Caucus currently includes a bipartisan group of 42 Members 
of Congress, representing 19 States and two territories.
  I represent several ports in southeast Texas, and I am pleased that 
our Nation's ports now have a voice in Congress. Ms. Hahn represents 
ports on the west coast.
  Ports are critical to our national security and our economic 
security. They are America's link to the rest of the world, whether 
it's the food we eat, the car we drive, the light bulb we use in our 
homes, or the clothes we wear. Every American household is impacted by 
some activity at our ports.
  The PORTS Caucus will raise awareness and educate others about the 
major issues important to American ports.
  I look forward to working with Congresswoman Hahn, and I want to 
thank her for thinking of this idea; I look forward to working with 
other Members of Congress to ensure economic growth in America.
  And that's just the way it is.

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