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Matt Cartwright: “I was happy to vote for the Ocean Shipping Reform act of…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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Legislative Forum with Congressman Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 41:48

Remember the images we saw of all of them waiting in the Port of Los Angeles out in the. Out in the harbor? That's what they saw. And they took advantage. And so as a result of that, I was happy to vote for the Ocean Shipping Reform act of 2022, which again, strengthens the power of the Federal Maritime Commission to look into abusive practices like that. You're right, Bob. The pandemic kind of lifted the veil on a lot of secrets of our economy. And one of them was how dependent we were on the supply chain coming from China. (41:48–42:02)

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Asserts that the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 strengthens the Federal Maritime Commission's power to investigate abusive practices.

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