The House Coast Guard and Maritime Infrastructure Subcommittee held its first hearing under the chairmanship of Subcommittee Chairman Mike Ezell (R.-Miss) on Feb. 5.
Entitled “America Builds: Maritime Infrastructure,” the hearing covered a range of topics from ports and shipbuilding to uncrewed vehicles and, not too surprisingly, the importance of the Jones Act got a lot of attention — as did the current state of the U.S. shipbuilding industry and the MARAD programs that support it.
“The Jones...