If we are truly determined to tighten security at our ports. we should send the Homeland Security appropriations bill to the President with the $648 million to fund port security. My amendment includes the funding to address many of the provisions in this bill that are being debated today. In addition to port security grant funding. my amendment includes $40 million to hire 354 additional Customs and Border Protection officers to conduct cargo container inspections at our seaports and $211 million to purchase additional nonintrusive inspecting equipment for U.S. seaport and rail border crossings. There you have it. Currently. only 5 percent of the 11 million containers entering the United States are physically inspected by openingtake a look at it by opening the containers.
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