“This Administration has committed $65 billion in government shipbuilding investment and released the historic Maritime Action Plan to help restore America’s maritime dominance. Extending the current Jones Act waiver contradicts all these commitments. Waivers do nothing to reduce energy prices for Americans. What they do is chill investment in the shipyards that are the economic lifeblood of communities across the country – the very investment this Administration’s policies are designed to attract. Waivers also throw open our ports and coastlines that enable any foreign ship or crew to infiltrate our maritime borders and gouge hardworking Americans while foreign energy companies and shippers get rich. This Administration should reject a waiver extension and to hold the line on protecting America First.”
