Case Introduces Bills to Attack Key Driver of Hawaiis High Cost of Living
December 21, 2019
December 21, 2019
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has introduced three bills in Congress to reform the century-old Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (commonly referred to as the "Jones Act"), which is widely credited with artificially inflating the cost of shipping goods to Hawai'i.
The Jones Act mandates that all cargo shipping between U.S. ports occur exclusively on U.S., not foreign, flagged vesse . . .
Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has introduced three bills in Congress to reform the century-old Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (commonly referred to as the "Jones Act"), which is widely credited with artificially inflating the cost of shipping goods to Hawai'i.
The Jones Act mandates that all cargo shipping between U.S. ports occur exclusively on U.S., not foreign, flagged vesse . . .