This funding is crucial because our Nations ports were identified by GAO as the remaining "vulnerability" in our transportation system and that efforts to secure our Nations ports "lacked clear goals and measures that track progress." GAO has also stated that. as a result of staffing Imbalances. 35 percent of highrisk containers were not inspected. In addition. GAO reported that the security checks performed by Customs and the Border Patrol are not rigorous enough and that staffing problems have kept Customs from validating participants security information. In Illinois. the Chicago Port is the 36th largest port in the Nation and the largest on the Great Lakes. Chicago is also the largest inland general cargo port in America. and the city as a whole is the commercial transportation crossroads of the Nation.
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