[craigster_nc]

So who owns and mans all the ships bringing in oil and goods now? Who owns and mans all of the cruise ships? How did the Russian ships get permission to visit SF? This law is bullsh8t!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Jones Act has nothing to do with foreign ships delivering goods to our shores from overseas. It covers only goods shipped from US ports to US ports.
But, more than a decade ago, the Canadian National railroad company bought US Steel's Great Lakes fleet of ore carriers (which carry ore from Minnesota to Gary, Indiana steel mills) and no one complained that this was a violation of the Act.
McCain’s bill is pointless.