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April 5, 2019Congress recognized long ago that a U.S. merchant marine composed of the best-equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United States, and crewed by trained and efficient citizen mariners is critical to national defense and...
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March 28, 2019Washington, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to ensure that U.S.-flagged and crewed vessels...
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March 20, 2019On March 6, 2019, more than 150 officers and representatives from U.S.-flag shipping companies, American maritime labor unions, and related maritime organizations came to Capitol Hill for the tenth annual Maritime Industry Congressional Sail-In. The Sail-In was cosponsored by...
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March 11, 2019The Trump Administration’s FY’20 budget, released on March 11, calls on Congress to fully fund the Maritime Security Program at its Congressionally-authorized level of $300 million. This amount will provide each privately-owned militarily useful commercial vessel enrolled in the...
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March 7, 2019HEARING ON U.S. MARITIME AND SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIES: STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE REGULATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND COMPETITIVENESS. Read More (PDF)
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March 4, 2019The United States has always been a maritime nation. Since its founding, Americans have taken to the sea for trade, to harvest the resources in America’s waters and seabed, and to defend or advance the country’s interests. A robust...
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March 4, 2019By simultaneously expanding veteran opportunities for great jobs at great wages while strengthening our Merchant Marine, this action embodies a key principle of the Trump administration: economic security is national security. Read the full story
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January 28, 2019They come in all forms, the ignorant and misinformed, who attack the Jones Act because it’s perceived to be an easy target. And while it takes courage to enter the political arena, when an inexperienced commentator does so and...
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January 18, 2019S.133 – A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States merchant mariners of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital service during World War II. Read more
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December 19, 2018USNS Comfort has finished another deployment to the Western Hemisphere as part of the Enduring Promise initiative. The U.S. hospital ship’s latest tour took it to Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, and Peru where it provided free medical assistance to thousands of individuals...
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