U.S. Representative Sandy Levin
12th District of Michigan

(Washington D.C.)- U.S. Rep. Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak) issued the following statement regarding the President's threat to veto Congressional action on the sale of operational control of U.S. ports to a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates:

“The President should immediately withdraw his threat to veto legislation to review or reverse the sale of a company providing operational control over six major U.S. ports to the government of the United Arab Emirates.  This sale raises serious national security concerns that required the Administration to exercise the full 45-day investigation warranted under the law and to consult fully with Congress.  Congress must now insist on a full investigation of the circumstances of this decision and the President should not stand in opposition to that effort.”

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