Video: Sen. Van Hollen touts Port of Baltimore's record-setting year

A UNITED STATES SENATOR.
KIND OF GIVES YOU A GOOD SHOT
OF THE WORKING HARBOR.
REPORTER: SENATOR VAN HOLLEN'S
VISIT COMES ON THE HEELS OF A
RECORD-SETTING YEAR FOR THE PORT
OF BALTIMORE.
SURPASSED 10 MILLION TONS OF
CARGO FOR THE FIRST TIME HANDL
A RECORD NUMBER OF CONTAINERS.
>> THE PORT OF BALTIMORE IS A
HUGE JOB ENGINE FOR THE STATE OF
MARYLAND.
IT IS GROWING, IT IS BREAKING
RECORDS.
REPORTER: IT'S GENERATING
140,000 DIRECT AND INDIRECT
JOBS, ACCORDING TO STATE
ESTIMATES, $3 BILLION IN WAGES
MORE THAN $310 MILLION IN TAX
REVENUE.
AND IT COULD DO EVEN MORE
OFFICIALS SAY, WITH AN INFUSION
OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
>> SENATE DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT
TOGETHER A BLUEPRINT.
AND WE'VE ASKED THE
ADMINISTRATION AND REPUBLICANS
TO JOIN US IN THAT EFFOR
SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
THEM.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS.
REPORTER: NO RESPONSE YET FROM
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NO
DETAILS ON A PLAN.
DESPITE HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE OF
A $1 TRILLION INVESTMENT IN
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
WE ASKED THE SENATOR IF HOPE,
HAD TURNED UNCERTAINTY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
PRESS.
AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL GET
BEYOND SOME OF THE CRAZINESS IN
WASHINGTON AND BE ABLE TO FOCUS
ON THIS ISSUE GOING FORWAR
REPORTER: INFRASTRUCTURE MAY BE
A UNIFYING ISSUE FOR BOT
PARTIES DOUBT IT WASHINGTON,
D.C. RIGHT NOW, BUT
HISTORICALLY, DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD VERY
DIFFERENT IDEAS ON HOW TO PAY
FOR IT.
AT THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, I'M

Video: Sen. Van Hollen touts Port of Baltimore's record-setting year

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