Ford: Congress should pass legislation blocking

Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. today issued the following statement in response to President Bush’s veto threat of legislation that would block the transfer of operations of six U.S. ports to a state-owned company located in the United Arab Emirates:

“In the six years he has served as president, George W. Bush has not vetoed one piece of legislation, and in spite of the fact that this Congress has passed legislation that has resulted in trillions of dollars in debt, the President has not vetoed one spending bill.