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Posted On: 09/27/2017 8:59:06 PM
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John McCain Is Pushing An Idea That Could Be A Huge Help To Puerto Rico
Too bad that Trump is too brain dead to not remember how bad both the response and the 'optics' were for Katrina. Oh well, all in a day's work for a sociopathic jerk-wad as devoid of empathy as he is of common sense.
Source: Huff post
HuffPost September 26, 2017
WASHINGTON ― Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is urging acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke to take an action that could significantly help Puerto Rico amid its unfolding humanitarian crisis: waive the Jones Act.
The law requires that all goods shipped between U.S. ports be carried by American-owned and operated ships. That means Puerto Rico pays double the shipping costs for goods from the U.S. mainland compared to neighboring islands.
DHS has gotten emergency waivers to the Jones Act twice in the last months in response to recent hurricanes, and McCain says Duke should waive the law again to speed up relief efforts on the island decimated last week by Hurricane Maria.
“It is unacceptable to force the people of Puerto Rico to pay at least twice as much for food, clean drinking water, supplies and infrastructure due to Jones Act requirements as they work to recover from this disaster,” McCain said in a Tuesday letter to Duke. “We must treat this emergency relief with urgency ― every day that business owners are unable to recover their assets and account for lost business, the economy will retreat even further into devastation.”
Here’s the full letter:
DHS was not receptive to McCain’s request...............
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-john-mccain-pu...ign=buffer
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