Barely Quote by Alcee Hastings

Last year, customs officials screened only five percent of the 11 million cargo containers entering the United States. That rate is both unacceptable and…

— Allyson Schwartz

Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.

— Irwin Redlener

Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.

— Dianne Feinstein

Although more than 500 million maritime containers move around the world each year, accounting for 90 per cent of international trade, only 2 per…

— Ban Ki-moon

Although Customs and Border Protection analyzes cargo and other information to target specific shipments for closer inspection, it still physically inspects only a small…

— Mike Fitzpatrick

And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.

— Dana Rohrabacher

Ports are necessities, like postage stamps or soap, but they seldom seem to care what impressions they make.

— Elizabeth Bishop

Our ports and our borders are the most unprotected fronts in the war on terror.

— J. D. Hayworth

Everything in a modern container port is enormous, overwhelming, crushing.

— Rose George

Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The…

— Kit Bond

“These prophetic verses certainly would apply to the United States. Twenty-two of our states have ports or harbors through which flow the world’s goods…

— John Price

This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to…

— Solomon Ortiz