Chairman. 5 years after the September 11th attack. our nation remains vulnerable to an attack. an attack that could come through our ports. Our maritime system consists of more than 300 sea and river ports with more than 3.700 cargo and passenger terminals nationwide. Additionally. thousands of shipments to the United States originate in the ports of nations that may harbor terrorists. Although Customs and Border Protection analyzes cargo and other information to target specific shipments for closer inspection. it still physically inspects only a small fraction of the containers under its purview. We cannot allow the threat that our current port security system allows to continue. Terrorists have already attacked our Nation once.
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