American Maritime Partnership welcomes the decision
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has welcomed the decision of the United States Senate to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline legislation without an amendment to repeal the Jones Act, which would have decimated the nation’s shipbuilding capacity vital to America’s national, economic and homeland security:
“The decision not to offer or vote on the amendment to repeal the Jones Act on the Keystone XL Pipeline legislation, an amendment that relied on flawed data and factual omissions, showed that it would have been overwhelmingly defeated because of the law’s rock solid support in Congress,” said Tom Allegretti, Chairman of AMP. “This was not surprising considering it was just one month ago that Congress enacted its strongest legislative endorsement of the Jones Act in memory.“
Source: AMP