Tell Congress to Oppose the McCain Amendment to the Keystone Pipeline Bill Senator John McCain recently proposed an amendment to the pending Keystone XL bill that would open up new loopholes in the Jones Act as a special favor to oil refiners and another slap at the U.S. maritime industry. McCain has been a persistent critic of the Jones Act and its limits on shipments by foreign-flagged or foreign-built ships. McCain’s latest amendment would threaten national security by opening U.S. waterways to foreign vessels, jeopardizing jobs of American maritime workers who build, repair and sail U.S.-flagged vessels. The Jones Act was enacted nearly a century ago to ensure that the U.S. could maintain a viable maritime industry. It restricts U.S. domestic trade to U.S.-built vessels flagged, owned and controlled by U.S. citizens. Tell Congress to leave the Jones Act alone. act.aflcio.org/c/1455/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9496
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:12:06 +0000
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