I am confident we have support within the committee to maintain the Jones Act as it should be for America.
The Jones Act is what is called a cabotage law. It is a maritime law.
For the past 5 years, Congress has provided nearly triple the amount of shore infrastructure funding that was requested by you.
Unless you are asking for these things, they are not going to be wished upon you by the fairy God Congress.
I think it is important that you--that the Coast Guard go to the President at this point and say, look, this is what we have incurred and we...
So what if you start adding the people and you don't get the money for the people?
Before anyone heeds any new, unwarranted calls to extend the Jones Act, or to do away with it, we first need to understand better the realit...
Waiving the Jones Act now will not provide any additional relief to the hurricane victims on the island.
I think it is almost easy to get too carried away and not be narrow enough in this case.
there is no military requirement right now for an icebreaker.
What I am kind of seeing here, and this is just me being a conspiracy theorist, but after watching the Coast Guard for a couple of years, if...