Washington, D.C.—A closely watched meeting with President Trump and Democratic congressional leaders on infrastructure produced one big takeaway: $2 trillion. That’s the number House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate… Read More
Jones Act
Another fight over waivers from the Jones Act is underway. This time the fight is for President Trump’s attention and support. A Bloomberg story claiming to be based on three… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Citing reports speculating on President Donald Trump’s support for the U.S. maritime industry, the American Maritime Partnership (AMP) released a statement in which AMP Chairman Matt Woodruff expressed confidence Trump… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump’s recent executive order targeting states he believes have used the Clean Water Act to delay energy infrastructure projects triggered concern from the nonpartisan National Governors Association… Read More
A new study defending the Jones Act highlights its effects in inland waterways. The study was released March 1 by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a non-partisan… Read More
Attackers of the Jones Act have a bad habit of ignoring the inland waterways and considering only blue-water indicators of its success. They point to the shrinkage of the U.S. Read More
Editor’s note: Austin Golding, president of Golding Barge Line, testified March 6 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on the state of the maritime industry. This… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Members of the waterways industry expressed disappointment over President Donald Trump’s $4.7 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, singling out its calls for a 31 percent funding cut… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A much-anticipated hearing by a key House committee that helps control the fate of any congressional infrastructure package displayed the bipartisan interest that the topic generates in Congress these… Read More
Washington, D.C.—With the longest government shutdown in history over, attention turned to 17 lawmakers charged with coming up with a compromise on border security and preventing another funding lapse. The… Read More
