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Port Security Bill Poised to Succeed - ......................................... Protecting
Ports - Improved cargo screening is a cornerstone of Sen.
Collins' legislation. The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Patty Murray of
Washington, has five parts: standards for cargo security; higher standards
that give shippers preferred treatment under a voluntary program called
GreenLane, which tracks their cargo from factory until it reaches the
United States; protocols for restarting port operations after an attack;
$400 million for security grants for ports; and deadlines and accountability
for the Department of Homeland Security to ensure port security occurs. ......................................... Port
Security: Not a Stepchild - An important step is the GreenLane Maritime
Cargo Security Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. It would provide incentives to shippers
who voluntarily meet the highest levels of security and container screening.
Their cargo would get preferential treatment and move faster through
the system. And time is money. ......................................... Slipping
through the net - and into our ports - According to the findings
in Murray's bill, only 17.5 percent of cargo assessed as high-risk is
inspected overseas, and the inspections are carried out by foreign officials
using equipment that is "untested and of unknown quality."
......................................... Putting
into Port - In testimony recently before the Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Murray described the fear that
many have if a port - Seattle in her state; on a smaller scale, Portland
here - were to suffer from an attack. ......................................... Living proof: ports are vulnerable - Washington Sen. Patty Murray has been pressing for years to enhance port security. Bolstering port security is a good idea in a post 9/11 world. Democrat Murray and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, Republican from Maine,
have proposed the GreenLane Maritime Security Act to better track and
secure goods shipped from overseas. ......................................... Editorial:
Port Security: Alarming lapse - “Washington Sen.
Patty Murray has been at the forefront of efforts to persuade a recalcitrant
Bush administration to make the investments and undertake the diplomatic
efforts necessary to upgrade and integrate security systems for marine
cargo.” ......................................... Officials discuss inspecting cargo before it arrives - "That incident is a stark reminder that we are not doing enough to keep our cargo-container system secure," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. "This appears to have been a case of human smuggling, but that cargo container could have been filled with anything from a dirty bomb to a cell of terrorists." Murray is a co-sponsor of the GreenLane Maritime Security Act, which
would offer incentives to companies complying with stricter security
standards. The bill was discussed at Wednesday's hearing. ......................................... Congress
moves to protect ports against terrorism - "I'm here
today because our country is vulnerable to terrorist attack, and time
is not on our side," Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told a Senate
committee. ......................................... Lawmakers
criticize porous border - “This completely and frighteningly
underscores what I have been saying,” Murray said. “There
are huge holes in our border security.” ......................................... Secure
ports seize agenda in Congress - When seacoast Sens. Susan Collins,
R-Maine, and Patty Murray, D-Wash., called for tougher port security
last year, Washington all but yawned. ......................................... Holes
in port security can cost us dearly -"The reason this (port
takeover) is important is that we have not invested enough in port security:
It is a huge hole in the war on terror," said Sen. Patty Murray,
D-Wash., who has campaigned to upgrade the priority given to screening
U.S.-bound cargo. ......................................... Why
Port Insecurity Starts Abroad - The problem is "we don't know
whether the manifests are accurate or not when the ships are loaded,"
says Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who has sponsored legislation to
strengthen maritime security. "The containers are not tracked as
they come overseas," Murray adds. ......................................... A
Port in the Storm Over Dubai - There is already a bipartisan bill
that the White House and Congress could embrace to advance this effort.
The GreenLane Maritime Cargo Security bill, co-sponsored by Senators
Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington,
provides incentives for American importers to accept the modest fees
associated with a global container inspection system. The bill would
also establish minimum security standards and encourages the tracking
and monitoring of containers throughout the supply chain. ......................................... Sound
global policy must guide port issue - ......................................... Murray,
Collins plug holes in port security - ......................................... Murray
bill addresses gaping hole in security - ......................................... Murray
bill would tighten ports’ cargo security - “Right now,
there is a gaping hole in America’s security when it comes to
cargo entering our ports every day,” said Murray, of Seattle.
“To protect our nation we have to develop a cargo security system
that closes vulnerabilities, provides a way to resume trade after an
incident and maintains the efficient flow of commerce.” ......................................... Bill
would batten down hatches more at seaports The GreenLane program, the senators said, would allow officials to
focus on suspicious shipments by providing speedier transit for law-abiding
importers who agree to more stringent security criteria. ......................................... Murray wants to make trade safer at ports - U.S. Sen. Patty Murray wants to use a carrot-and-stick approach to make international trade safer, enticing foreign shippers to upgrade their security in exchange for ship unloading priority. “Right now we have a choice and a say in how we deal with the
cargo security challenges facing us, but if we wait for a disaster,
we won’t have a say and we won’t have a choice,” Murray
told the Washington Council on International Trade’s annual conference
in Seattle on Thursday. ......................................... Anti-terror
programs for cargo arriving at U.S. ports faulted - "These
reports are incredibly troubling, but not surprising," Sen. Patty
Murray, D-Wash., said yesterday. Murray has been one of the more aggressive
lawmakers in prodding the government to improve. She is the creator
of Operation Safe Commerce and has sponsored legislation this year to
standardize port security. ......................................... Ports
get short shrift - Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has been a leading
advocate for Operation Safe Commerce, a project to track containers
from origin to destination. But, Murray says, the administration has
been pushing to "privatize" the project by putting the onus
on the shipping industry to support the necessary technological transition. ......................................... New port security plan gets good review -Sen. Patty
Murray helped get funding for the program, reiterating how complex and
complicated it is to keep watch on all the cargo that's moves in and
out of our nation. "we cannot search every container that comes
into our country. With $750 billion in cargo in more than 6 million
containers a year, the haystack is just too big. Instead, we're using
technology and intelligence to make the haystack smaller, and show us
which containers are a security risk," she said. ......................................... Senator Patty Murray: America’s New Port
Champion - Presenting the award, Charlie Sheldon of the Port of
Seattle said that Senator Murray “has been an exceptional and
tireless champion of ports throughout the last year, and well beyond.
The name Senator Patty Murray is one that resonates, not only with those
of us from Washington State fortunate enough to claim her as one of
our own, but throughout the entire port industry.” ......................................... Fight Brews over Cargo Security Devices - "I
think we pay," Murray (D-Shoreline) said Monday after launching
a new era in port security. The Bush administration believes that foreign
shipping lines, among other users, should foot the bill. Murray, Washington's
senior senator, spoke in Tacoma at the beginning of Operation Safe Commerce,
the federal program that will test how well those security devices work.
" ......................................... Battening
Cargo Against Terrorism - "'The containers are "electronically
sealed, so if a seal is broken from point A to point B, alarms go off,
pagers go off, cell phones go off and everybody knows,' said Alex Glass,
press secretary to Washington Sen. Patty Murray, author of the Operation
Safe Commerce project." ......................................... All Things Considered: Budgeting Homeland Security - "Some local officials are also upset about proposed cuts in port security, something the President emphasized in his Charleston speech, which he delivered standing in front of a Coast Guard cutter. . . Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington is upset that funds for a new program to help ports secure and track cargo containers have also been eliminated in the budget. She says an attack on a port could have a devastating economic impact. Murray: 'We can't play games with this. We can't just stand in front
of Coast Guard cutters. We have to make sure we're doing what we need
to do, and it is not free.'" ......................................... Sen. Murray honored by U.S. port authorities ......................................... New Champion for Port Security -
"Her persistence and bare-knuckled advocacy on behalf of port security
despite the issue's low visibility with the public have earned her respect
from many in and out of government" ......................................... Homeland
Security Giving Local Economy A Shot In the Arm - “Sen. Murray
was instrumental in getting the Coast Guard more money for its growing
role in homeland security. And now the Coast Guard is spending a big
chunk of that money -- $145 million -- on Safe Boats, built right here
in Port Orchard.” ......................................... Seattle
and Tacoma ports to get $27.5 million for security - “The
new grants bring the state’s total funding under the new Operation
Safe Commerce program to $27.5 million – nearly half of the overall
$58 million budget.” “Murray, who helped create the program
last year when Democrats controlled the Senate, said she was elated
that the port security program was being fully funded." ......................................... Senate
panel approves more money for port security - "'Washington
state and the nation will be safer because of Operation Safe Commerce,'
Murray said. "Today the Senate is providing even more support to
make certain that security at our ports is a top national priority." ......................................... Editorial:
Money to secure ports is worth political gambit -“Patty Murray
used her Senate prerogative to put a hold on the administration's nominee
for its top budget writing post, vowing to block the appointment until
Ridge fully funded the port security program. The administration relented
Wednesday. Was the Washington Democrat's use of this privilege to free
the funds appropriate. Absolutely.” ......................................... Murray
wins on security - "..Murray got her way in a bruising showdown
with the Bush administration, and so, too, did the Puget Sound region."
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Port security is worth the money - "The senator's tenacity
has served both her state and the nation." ......................................... Editorial:
Murray Muscles a Win for Ports - “Here's to U.S. Sen. Patty
Murray, who exerted some senatorial muscle to ensure that money Congress
intended for port security programs went to port security. And she won." ......................................... Murray
Wins Fight to Fund Port Measure - "We're grateful
she was able to convince the powers that be to deliver this funding."
......................................... Sen.
Murray Takes Procedural ‘Hold’ in Port-Fund Fight -
“The state's senior senator is riled over Homeland Security Department
plans to redirect $28 million of the $58 million she secured for port
protection.” "’In my time in the Senate, this is one
of those critical times,’ she said. ’We are talking about
a container coming into Seattle and causing major damage. I'm more than
willing to take this as far as I need to take it.’" ......................................... Money
Freed Up to Test Cargo-Container Security; Murray Applied Pressure for
Funds; Seattle, Tacoma will get $13.3 Million - “Murray, who
wrote the bill to spend money on the demonstration projects, said she's
proud the two ports will get the funds and that the tests, part of a
program called Operation Safe Commerce, ‘will make our ports and
our communities safer, because it will allow us to know exactly what
is in the containers coming to our ports.’" ......................................... Murray
Announces First Installment of Port Security Funding - “‘The
Ports of Seattle and Tacoma will receive $13.3 million in funding for
a port security program’, Sen. Patty Murray said Monday.”
......................................... Editorial:
Harbor Security Needs Money, Attention - “With that attitude
and the Bush administration's unwillingness to pay for securing shipping
containers, we wish Sen. Murray much luck in her lonely dispute over
an obscure appointment.” ......................................... Congress,
White House at Odds Over Security Costs - “Every
one of those people is threatened if we don’t do the right thing
at our ports.” ......................................... Editorial: Hope
for the Best? -“Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., one of the leaders
who pushed the port security program through Congress, was on target
when she suggested that ‘an incident at one of our ports would
have a devastating impact on our safety and the U.S. economy.’”
......................................... Editorial: Feds
raise alert, clip port security ......................................... "How
Al Qaeda might strike the US by sea" ......................................... "Murray
fights to keep port security funds" ......................................... "Cargo-security
funds may be used elsewhere" ......................................... "Cargo-security
fund may be used elsewhere" ......................................... "High-tech
cargo security system introduced" ......................................... "Terror-proofing
the nation's ports" ......................................... "Tracking Device Will Help Protect Shipping Containers" - Bellingham Herald - July 12, 2002 ......................................... "Seattle,
Tacoma to Test Port Security Program" ......................................... "Port of Seattle to Test New Cargo Security Program" ......................................... "Ports Get Millions for Security Plan" ......................................... "Ports
Getting Top-Notch Security" ......................................... "First Coast Guard 'SWAT' Team Boat Commissioned" ......................................... "Seaports
Under the Eye of New 'SWAT' Marine Unit" ......................................... "Coast Guard Unit in Port Angeles to Get New Boats" ......................................... "Coast
Guard Gets More Boats to Patrol Strait" ......................................... "Screening
Cargo Overseas Deemed Vital for Safety" ......................................... "Seaport
Attacks Could be Ruinous. Economy Depends on Ships, Senators Told"
......................................... "Murray
Wants to Beef Up Port Safety" |
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