Wes Moore on the Port Act: This Is Not an Economic and Human Catastrophe for Maryland, It’s a Catastrophe for the Country

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MOORE: "My reaction is, just look at what the state of Maryland is doing. If you look at our delegation And our delegation is both Democrats and Republicans — our delegation consists of people from Jamie Raskin, to Andy Harris. You know what we have in common? We are very unified on the idea that this has got to be funded and the federal government has got to do its part. All very united and lined up with exactly what the president of the United States said yesterday. If you look at our general assembly where we have introduced something called the ports act, making sure we can take care of our workers in this time of need, we have personally introduced legislation that makes sure we are providing scholarships to the children of the workers, that we are providing additional flexibility to my cabinet and my department to know that we can have a chance to react even after our legislative session is complete. What we know about the port act? Right now, it is on pace to pass, bipartisan. So, the thing that we want for Congress to remember is Maryland is leading the way. Maryland is showing, what does it mean to actually have a direct focus and a bipartisan focus on meeting people where they are, addressing the measurement of human need, and not allowing politics to get in the way of that? The president has been very clear and full throated, and we applaud the fact that the president has continued to lead on the role the federal government needs to play not just on the reopening of the port but the rebuilding of the bridge and we are just hopeful that Congress can actually follow that and understand that this is not a catastrophe, an economic and human catastrophe for Maryland, it is an economic and human catastrophe for this country."