Maritime Supply Chain Security Act

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2390, the Maritime Supply Chain Security Act, legislation that clarifies that funding provided by the port infrastructure development program can be used to replace or upgrade Chinese-made cranes at ports.

In 2024, over 80 percent of ship-to-shore cranes at ports in the United States were manufactured in China. There is currently no U.S. domestic production of ship-to-shore cranes, leaving some of the most valuable equipment at our ports vulnerable to cyberattacks and dependent upon Chinese manufacturing.

This is just one example of the type of manufacturing that needs to be brought back to the United States, not through the tariffs that pass along costs to the consumer but rather by working with companies and incentivizing change.

This bill serves as a prime example of the importance of the port infrastructure development program, a bipartisan program that invests in our ports and supply chain.

Since 90 percent of everything we wear, eat, and consume is carried by water, ports are the bedrock of our supply chain. The bipartisan infrastructure law provided $2.25 billion in advanced appropriations for PIDP.

I welcome the increase to the program in the fiscal year 2026 budget request and hope the appropriators follow suit.

H.R. 2390 continues the work of President Biden to replace Chinese cranes and bolster the cybersecurity of U.S. ports. For that reason, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.

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Mr. CARBAJAL. In closing, Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 2390, I urge my colleagues to do the same, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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