Obama: If we don’t deepen our ports all along the Gulf — places like Charleston, S.C., or Savannah, Ga., or Jacksonville, Fla.

“If we don’t deepen our ports all along the Gulf — places like Charleston, S.C., or Savannah, Ga., or Jacksonville, Fla. — if we don’t do that, these ships are going to go someplace else and we’ll lose jobs,” Obama said.

On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno August 6, 2013. (The YouTube clip has been removed as of August 8, 2013)

Politico has the transcript.