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Ed Case: “The Jones Act is a 105-year-old federal shipping law that…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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June 1st Districtwide Tele-Talk Story

Published | Video Starts at 13:04

Now, I want to start with one that is controversial that I take a lot of heat from, that, you know, people that don't like what I say want to kick me out of office for. And that's the Jones Act. The Jones Act is a 105-year-old federal shipping law that restricts the amount of ships that can transit between two U.S. ports. Now that's actually not that big a deal on the continent because there's lots of other way to move things around. But here that's crippling. (13:04–13:18)

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Asserts that the Jones Act is a century-old law limiting shipping between U.S. ports.

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