The bottom line of this is if we develop a National Maritime Security Program that uses the Jones Act fleet, makes them militarily useful, along with the current MSP program, we could do this at a fraction of the cost, and those ships would then be available when needed in an emergency or otherwise.
Garamendi emphasizes the cost-effectiveness of utilizing the Jones Act fleet for maritime security.
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Simply put, there is no way that a Golden Dome system that costs $185 billion could possibly live up to the promise of 'forever ending the missile threat to the American homeland.'
I stand with maritime labor and our U.S. maritime industry in honoring the Jones Act, today and everyday as we fight to protect this transformative law.
Given the tremendous potential costs of a Golden Dome system, and the fallacy that it could shield the United States from a significant missile attack, the American people deserve answers.
Californians do not want oil production restarting along their coasts and have voted repeatedly for California laws that block coastal oil production.
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