[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CELEBRATING WEST COAST PORTS AND ILWU, PMA DEAL

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I, along with the rest of the country, am 
breathing a sigh of relief that full-time work has resumed at our west 
coast ports. I wanted to publicly thank the ILWU and the PMA for 
staying at the table and finally reaching an agreement. I want to thank 
President Obama and our Labor Secretary Perez for their help in 
bringing about a resolution.
  Many of my colleagues here in Congress were calling me daily for 
updates because the workers, the farmers, the businesses, and the 
consumers in their districts were also impacted by what happens on the 
west coast ports.
  I represent the men and women who work on those ports, so our economy 
in the harbor area was greatly affected, but we also realize that these 
ports are an economic engine for the entire country. Our west coast 
ports support millions of American jobs and provide a vital link to 
global commerce. So today I am going to testify before the Budget 
Committee to remind Congress that we should fully fund all the ports in 
this country because they are such an important link to our economy.

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