Texas Governor Greg Abbott says a busier Port of Brownsville could do a lot to unkink the supply chain.
Governor Abbott says for the past 17 years, Texas has been the number one exporting state in the nation, and the port of Brownsville has played a big role in that success. He would like it to be even busier.
"You see all these ships lined up for months, waiting to get into a California port when in reality they could deliver their goods a lot more quickly if they were able to ship them through the Panama Canal and come up through Texas ports" said Abbott.
He says the Brownsville port is also close to sources of energy, oil and gas, which can be transported to and from the port.
Abbott wants Texas and the rest of the nation, move towards energy independence. "One thing that Europe is learning the hard way is what happens when you rely upon despots for your energy. To provide Americans and the world with reliable energy the federal government needs to unleash the oil and gas sector across the United States, increase LNG exports and accelerate the permitting process."
He also touched upon the Starship program, the world's first private spaceport which is launching from Cameron County. He calls Space X projects ``transformational." The governor says he will work hard to ensure the launches will continue from Boca Chica.