Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it has not yet waived shipping restrictions that would help get gasoline and other vital supplies to Puerto Rico, despite pressure form Congress.
The U.S. Jones Act, which was suspended after hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit the mainland United States, limits shipping between coasts to U.S.-flagged vessels. That includes crude oil.
Acting Homeland Security chief Elaine Duke said Wednesday at the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that it has not rejected a waiver.
Duke initially said there were no requests.
I thought trump said we were doing a good job on relief.
WASHINGTON — President Trump has a ready answer for anyone who questions his administration’s response to the hurricanes that laid waste to Texas, Florida, the United States Virgin Islands and now Puerto Rico.
“We are doing a great job,” he declared on Tuesday in the Rose Garden. “We did a great job in Texas, a great job in Florida, a great job in Louisiana. We hit little pieces of Georgia and Alabama. And frankly,” he added, “we’re doing — ”
Then he stopped himself to gild the lily even further".
The U.S. Jones Act, which was suspended after hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit the mainland United States, limits shipping between coasts to U.S.-flagged vessels. That includes crude oil.
Acting Homeland Security chief Elaine Duke said Wednesday at the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that it has not rejected a waiver.
Duke initially said there were no requests.
I thought trump said we were doing a good job on relief.
WASHINGTON — President Trump has a ready answer for anyone who questions his administration’s response to the hurricanes that laid waste to Texas, Florida, the United States Virgin Islands and now Puerto Rico.
“We are doing a great job,” he declared on Tuesday in the Rose Garden. “We did a great job in Texas, a great job in Florida, a great job in Louisiana. We hit little pieces of Georgia and Alabama. And frankly,” he added, “we’re doing — ”
Then he stopped himself to gild the lily even further".
