Bipartisan Draft Letter Drawing Significant Support for Port Aid Inclusion in COVID-19 Relief Bill
Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., is soliciting support for a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that asks that ports be offered financial support in the next bill responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. He has already convinced 63 other…
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House members to join the letter, and one of the fellow lead writers is Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas. “Most important is that the next package disperses aid to ports of all sizes, both large and small alike. Our solution must make sure that all our ports receive the resources they need. Small ports are often the lifeblood of communities and are the hardest hit by these events,” they plan to say. “Without this aid, industries served by ports will not be able to offer essential services to get our communities back into shape once we start to recover from this crisis.”