What he did say was that any ports proposal should be subject to full scrutiny.

He thinks that any ports' deal should be subject to full scrutiny and should take concrete steps to make U.S. ports safer.

made no proposal and then what there was went up in smoke. . . . He circled around the subject and seemed to be opening the door but then made absolutely clear he was not making a proposal.

I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.

We're under scrutiny, and we know it.

I'd rather be scrutinised by a professor than be praised by a fool