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July 8, 2014Dear Speaker Boehner, Minority Leader Pelosi, Majority Leader McCarthy, Congressman Hoyer, and Congressman Scalise: On behalf of our 43,000 members, the Navy League of the United States strongly urges you to support the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. The...
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June 26, 2014A group of 41 House Republicans has called on the Leadership in the House of Representatives “to expedite consideration of the United States Export Import Bank to ensure job creators . . . have the certainty they need to compete...
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May 28, 2014In remarks presented as part of the National Maritime Day observance on May 22nd, General Paul Selva, Commander, United States Transportation Command, spoke eloquently about the role of the American merchant marine and American merchant mariners in defending our...
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April 2, 2014The House of Representatives on April 1 adopted legislation that would restore and strengthen U.S.-flag cargo preference shipping requirements. The provisions, sponsored by Congressmen Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and John Garamendi (D-CA), are included in HR 4005, the Coast Guard and Maritime...
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November 20, 2013Sealift Delivers 90% of All Equipment and Supplies for U.S. Forces “Sealift … has been responsible for delivering over 90 percent of all cargo to Afghanistan and Iraq.” General Duncan McNabb, Commander, USTRANSCOM, before the Senate Armed Services Committee,...
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March 10, 2011USA Maritime’s statement before the Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy on the re-chartering of the Export-Import Bank of the United States USA Maritime, a coalition of ship owning companies, maritime labor organizations and maritime trade...
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March 7, 2011“USA Maritime applauds the application of cargo preference requirements by the U.S. Department of Energy to imported cargoes purchased with funds made available through its loans guaranty programs. While the Department of Energy has agreed to apply cargo preference...
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January 28, 2011Dear Mr. Secretary: The undersigned companies, labor unions and associations, including non-USA Maritime members, represent viliually every privately owned U.S.-flag vessel regularly engaged in the U.S. foreign trade. We write to express our strong support for retaining current cargo...
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November 5, 2010Dear Messrs, Rivkin and Matsuda: At the DOT-industry meeting last Friday, USA Maritime representatives indicated that they would provide DOT with certain follow-up information to aid DOT in its application of the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, as amended,...
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July 7, 2010Dear Mr. Matsuda: We write to support the required application of the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, as amended (1954 Act), to the Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program. We are all members of USA Maritime which is a...
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