Positions and Views of Mike Crapo
on Foreign Policy
| Currently Elected United States Senator, Idaho |
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| Foreign Policy |
Positions and Views |
| Dubai Ports Administration Purchase |
The proposed purchase of the operation of container terminals at six major U.S. ports by a company headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) highlights the tension between healthy foreign relations and secure borders. Since 1988, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), has evaluated certain foreign purchases of U.S. firms for national security implications. Comprised of representatives from 12 different federal departments and agencies, it conducts a 30-day review on the transaction in question with an additional 45-day review option. In these times of terrorism and the reality of globalization, our national security demands exhaustive examinations of any potential threats, no matter what the source. This is one of those times. Our seaports represent significant danger points and the additional 45-day review that has now been ordered is warranted. More importantly, Congress is conducting extensive fact-finding on this issue during hearings this month. Government systems should be reviewed periodically for efficacy. Last year, the Senate Banking Committee on which I serve held a two-part hearing on CFIUS. At the same time, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on CFIUS, highlighting serious concerns: -CFIUS defines national security differently than Homeland Security or Defense; -Reports to Congress about cases under review are not standard practice; -Because of the possible negative effect on foreign investment, CFIUS has been hesitant to initiate investigations. The Banking Committee held a hearing on March 2 to address these issues and legislation is planned for later this year to reform CFIUS. This and other hearings on the subject are for the explicit purpose of gathering all the facts about both this proposed sale and of CFIUS. That is the responsibility of Congress to American citizens, and one it will uphold. Idaho are keenly aware of the importance of positive relations with foreign countries—provided thos [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.]
Source: Candidate Website (10/02/2004) |
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| Foreign Policy, a General Statement |
| Most Important Foreign Policy Issues |
| China, a General Statement |
| China as a Threat |
| China's Human Rights |
| Cuba, a General Statement |
| Embargo of Cuba |
| Foreign Aid |
| Asia |
| North Korea |
| India |
| Latin America (South & Central) |
| Mexico |
| Africa |
| Sudan & Darfur |
| Nuclear Weapons & Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| Promotion of Democracy Around World |
| America's Image Abroad |
| CIA |
| United Nations (UN) |
| International Criminal Court (ICC) |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
| Nuclear Treaty with India |
| US Treaties |
| Worldwide HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria |
| Nuclear Proliferation & Nuclear Terrorism |
| Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro |
| Third World Debt Relief |
| Russia and Eastern Europe |
| Europe |
| Balkans |
| Burma |
| G8 (Group of Eight Countries) |
| Unilateralism |