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Our ports are a vital link in national security and it is extremely dangerous to be considering their sale to the United Arab Emirates…

— Joe Donnelly

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

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.

— Francine Busby

The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House…

— Russ Carnahan

The incompetent handling of the Dubai Ports deal was just the tip of the iceberg. Shiploads of cargo slip into our ports uninspected and…

— Senator John Kerry

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

— Dianne Feinstein

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

— Dana Rohrabacher

We think the managed security services opportunity is enormous and so we have been an active participant and probably the largest firm in this…

— John W. Thompson

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure…

— Vito Fossella

The U.A.E. is a firm ally of the United States and deserves better treatment than it received in the Dubai Ports World fiasco in…

— Elliott Abrams

Outsourcing was the bogeyman of the '90s. Protectionists portrayed it as an evil that would take American jobs away. Yes, some jobs did go…

— Vivek Wadhwa

Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities.

— Kendrick Meek