Posted on 04/22/2021 3:19:53 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
The cruise industry has reached another roadblock with the new Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements (CRUISE) Act that was first announced on April 13, 2021. The bill has now been blocked in the Senate by Sen. Patty Murray.
Senate Blocks the CRUISE Act The new bill introduced by U.S. senators Dan Sullivan, Rick Scott, and Marco Rubio had its day in the Senate, and unfortunately for the cruise industry, it has not been passed. Sen. Patty Murray objected to the bill after Senators Scott and Sullivan held a colloquy to discuss the impact on the states of Alaska and Florida due to cruises being shut down for more than a year.
Sen. Sullivan talked about the impact on Alaska and that tourism there is so important. He mentioned the state being able to offer a vaccine and enjoy a great vacation at the same time which then lead to the difficulties the senator and his team is having with the CDC. He said:
They’re dithering. I have been meeting — my staff has been meeting with them certainly weekly. I have met twice with the CDC director. And all we get is foot-dragging. All we get is excuses. All we get is guidance that’s muddled, confusing, and simply unworkable. And, here’s the thing. In my state, communities are dying, and no one seems to care. The CDC, the bureaucrats there, don’t seem to give a damn about what Americans are suffering through right now. Literally. I don’t know how many times we can be on calls with them where we get no response. And when people lose jobs and lose businesses that is a health impact too.
Senator Scott also discussed the impact on Florida which is an important state for the cruise industry. He made it clear that more than 300,000 American jobs had been lost due to the cruise shutdown not just in Florida. He also touched on how the CDC is treating the industry:
The CDC is treating the cruise sector unfairly while other industries are open for business. There is no reason why America’s cruise industry and the thousands of jobs that rely on its success should continue to suffer. Cruises can and should resume, and we’re going to do everything we can to bring back cruising safely. I yield back to my colleague from Alaska.
There was an objection from Sen. Murray of Washington State and she mentioned that cruise ships require a specific focus and protocols in place following the issues cruise ships had at the start of the pandemic. Here’s what she said:
Just last year, we saw thousands of passengers stranded on cruise ships, people put in quarantine, or refused entry to ports as borders closed. Over 31 million Americans have contracted COVID and 560,000 have died from this disease. Cruise ships require specific focus and protocols in place to prevent future outbreaks. While I am as eager as anyone else to see a return to travel, we cannot cut corners. Doing so risks lives and will only further delay returning to normal, hurting our economy more in the long run.
We must trust the science and we must allow the CDC to continue its work to help us return to what we love as safely as possible. So I will continue to work with CDC and the administration as they develop the next phase of their cruising guidance, but for now, I object.
Her objection was hugely disappointed to senators Scott and Sullivan who have been working hard on the CRUISE Act getting passed. :
Next up, pending court lawsuits. -Tom
When a deranged, mentally ill tranny who refuses to trust the science that they're a man and not a woman leads the CDC, just why in the HELL should anyone listen to the CDC?
Anyone?
I am so ready for another cruise. I might shave my legs.
Ah dammit, I confused a tranny for a dipshit. Nevermind.
If I’m not mistaken the cruise industry has had the ability to avoid paying all sorts of taxes, even though they operate out of US ports. And take full advantage of hiring foreigners to do most everything on the ships.
Am I wrong about that? Wasn’t President Trump working on something to bring them into the fold, so to speak?
When you are in the batters box, like the Cruise Lines are, and the Biden Group is pitching, you have too worry about a pitch being deliberately thrown at your head. -Tom
“I am surprised the Dems killed the Senate Cruise Act this quickly.”
I would be surprised if anything positive happens for cruising before January 2023, and that’s assuming we take back the House and/or Senate. The Green New Deal lovers there now never will allow gas-guzzling cruise ships to sail as long as they are in control.
Colloquy: a dialogue or conversation. Rules of Writing say don’t use a word that your readers have to look up in the dictionary. Now instead of hearing the word conversation ever 2 to 4 minutes the liberals are going to start saying colloquy every 2 to 4 minutes. “We need to have a national colloquy about racism.” “That is a colloquy we need to have going forward.” “Parents should have a tough colloquy with their children about drugs ( drinking money sex guns college ).”
Murray is probably the stupidest person in the Senate.
“The bill has now been blocked in the Senate by Sen. Patty Murray”
I guess the cruise industry hasn’t contributed enough $$$ to the Democrat party.
Too much is happening to quickly .... imo.
You obviously haven’t had your brain tickled by the genius of Mazie Hirono.
That is how I pegged Murray when I first saw her on TV blaming America for the 9-11 attacks, when she was saying maybe we should have done more for those people(Muslims),,like building roads hospitals and day care centers over there.-Tom
I propose ships running on solar and wind power. That will bring the tree huggers in fold.
Deep State’s war on Florida and DeSantis continues.
But I'm sure that is just a coinkydink.
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