Prior to last week’s closure of the U.S. Capitol, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) and Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) joined a broad coalition of groups including coastal shipping operators, dredging contractors, local governments and recreational boating groups to advocate on behalf of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, a U.S. DOT-designated Marine Highway that runs from Norfolk, Va. to Miami.
The coalition went to Capitol Hill pushing to establish...