Democrats insist Congress must decide on ports - Yahoo! News

Democrats insist Congress must decide on ports - Yahoo! News: "Sat Mar 4, 12:43 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Saturday kept up the drumbeat of criticism of the Bush administration for approving a state-owned Arab company's plan to manage U.S. ports, saying Congress must decide whether the deal should go through.

In their weekly radio address, the Democrats also called for a dramatic increase in the screening of cargo arriving at U.S. ports, and increased resources for the
U.S. Coast Guard.

'I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates,' said Francine Busby, a candidate for the congressional seat left vacant in California by disgraced former Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham.

'Congress should review and decide on whether or not this deal should proceed,' Busby said in the Democratic radio address."