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October 1, 2020“International Food Aid and Food Assistance Programs and the Next Farm Bill” released by Professor Christopher B. Barrett, Stephanie Mercier, and Erin C. Lentz in October 2017 (“Barrett Paper”), argues for an end to the cargo preference system which...
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September 17, 2020establishing a tanker security fleet would begin to reduce our military’s reliance on foreign flag vessels by ensuring that a greater portion of the fuel needed by the Department of Defense is transported by American mariners on U.S. flag...
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August 9, 2020Dear Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Leahy, Chairwoman Lowey, and Ranking Member Granger: We thank the Appropriations Committee for more than sixty years of bipartisan support for U.S. international food aid programs, including P.L. 480 Title II (Food for Peace),...
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July 22, 2020A new economic study prepared by Reeve and Associates and the Hawaii-based TZ Economics has found that the Jones Act has no effect on the cost of living in Hawaii. The study puts to rest the unsubstantiated allegations made...
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July 22, 2020In a statement to the bipartisan leadership in the House of Representatives and Senate, the Presidents of America’s maritime labor unions has called on Congress to include emergency readiness funding for the Maritime Security Program in the next COVID-19...
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July 16, 2020ARLINGTON, Va. — The United States needs a larger merchant fleet, including ships available for sealift and tankers to meet the challenges of the new era of “great power competition,” particularly a conflict in the Pacific, said a senior...
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July 15, 2020The global collapse in oil prices due to the coronavirus and a production dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia have pushed scores of tankers waiting off American ports for demand to return. While they are full with American oil,...
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June 5, 2020Washington, D.C. – Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) are marking the 100th Anniversary of the Jones...
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May 30, 2020Introduction Good afternoon Chairman Maloney, Ranking Member Gibbs, and members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the state of the U.S.-flag international fleet and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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May 23, 2020On behalf of the members of Masters, Mates & Pilots, MM&P President Don Marcus honors every mariner sailing under the US flag—as well as the seafarers of the world—in a Maritime Day address. “All mariners today are working under...
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