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February 2, 2018USA Maritime has joined with a large and diverse group of organizations urging the United States Department of Agriculture to support funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program and the Food for Progress program. ...
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January 18, 2018On January 17, 2018, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a public hearing to review the State of the U.S.-Flag Maritime Industry. Led by Subcommittee Chairman Congressman Duncan Hunter and Ranking Democrat Congressman John...
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January 17, 2018On October 19, 2017, the Senate Committee on foreign relations held a hearing on the implementation of the PL 480 Food for Peace Program. During the course of this hearing, various statements were made critical of the role the...
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October 27, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.—USA Maritime Chairman James L. Henry today issued the following statement in response to certain allegations and statements made during the October 19, 2017, hearing titled “Modernizing the Food for Peace Program.” “Statements made during the hearing misrepresent...
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October 25, 2017More than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the situation remains dire. Forty percent of the island is without running water. Many roads and bridges are impassable. The electric grid is largely offline. The people of Puerto...
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October 13, 2017Since Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico, wiping out most of the island’s infrastructure and causing immense human suffering, many have cited the Jones Act as an impediment to getting needed supplies to the island. For some, criticism of...
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October 12, 2017Most of us have been outraged—but not surprised—by the tidal wave of lies about the Jones Act that have circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Opponents of the act have seized on the suffering of Puerto Ricans and...
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October 12, 2017Thank you, Chairman Hunter, Ranking Member Garamendi and members of the subcommittee for allowing me to testify today. My name is Brian Schoeneman, legislative director for the Seafarers International Union. I am here today on behalf of sea-going maritime...
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October 6, 2017Washington, DC — Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement in response to legislation (S.1894) introduced by Sen. McCain to permanently repeal the Jones Act as it relates to Puerto Rico: “The...
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October 2, 2017SUNY Maritime College’s Training Ship Empire State VI will soon sail to Puerto Rico to aid in the recovery efforts and to deliver basic necessities to the island’s residents. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) activated the...
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