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Ed Case: “The President rightly waived [the Jones Act] requirement and…”

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 15:35

And yet the Jones act says that an international ship can't come along to pick up oil and bring it down to us. The President rightly waived [the Jones Act] requirement and I worked with him to do that. So that's the Jones Act. We can get into that if you want. Very controversial. Obviously you can see that if you're part of that monopoly, you want to keep that monopoly. (15:35–15:40)

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Asserts collaboration with the President to waive the Jones Act requirement.

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