Although he only recently became a Senator from the state of New Jersey, Robert Menendez is already working hard for his constituents and all Americans. With the recent disclosure about major U.S. ports to be controlled by a foreign country, Sen. Menendez boldly spoke up against the deal. The Casper Star Tribune has the story:
"...We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government," New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez said during a news conference. "We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either."
Menendez said he and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will introduce legislation prohibiting the sale of port operations to foreign governments.
Elected officials from both parties have criticized the government's approval of last week's purchase of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., by Dubai Ports World, a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates, or UAE. Peninsular and Oriental runs major commercial operations in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia...
Thank you, Senator Menendez, for speaking out against this move by the Bush administration.
