WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined local union leaders, businesspeople, and elected officials to celebrate the grand opening of the Port of Grays Harbor's Terminal 4.
"ILWU 24 workers are making sure that a soybean farmer 1,000 miles away in South Dakota can compete with Asia, and that is what we're doing here today," said Sen. Cantwell. "This $25.5 million dollar investment that helps this project is going to attract over $100 million in private sector development, and that is why you put federal dollars on the table...