We need to introduce civil liability for companies that ship products with reckless security vulnerabilities.
In this post 9-11 world we live in, it is critical we take steps to improve the safety and security of the Trucking Industry which has proven to be our most mobile and flexible mode of transporting goods.
Maintaining confidence in international trade will be critical to the broader economic recovery in the post-Covid world.
In many critical things, such as the very high purity of the aluminium we need in aerospace, we only have one producer. That's not a good formula.
Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells.
To my knowledge, the Department of Homeland Security has focused on detection devices that are large, expensive, use a large amount of energy, and cannot easily be placed in or on a shipping container.
I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply in this country.
We recognize that it is not only inbound but also outbound (cargo) that can pose a risk as well.
We ought not to depend in the degree we have done on supplies from other countries
