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Source: http://verifiedpolitics.com
>"Trump justified his delayed response to Puerto Rico by explaining that U.S. shipping magnates wanted to make money off the tragedy. Were thinking about [waiving the Jones Act], Trump said, but we have a lot of shippers and a lot of people that work in the shipping industry that dont want the Jones Act lifted.
After days of suffering and angry calls pouring in to Congressional offices, Trump finally issued a ten-day waiver that allowed aid to pour in.
Now, however those ten days have passed and Trump, who is spending his 70th day as president golfing, has allowed the Jones Act to go back into effect. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that the waiver will not be reinstated.
A bipartisan push is underway in the Congress to have Puerto Rico permanently exempted from the Jones Act, but the snails pace of Capitol Hill will do little to help Puerto Ricans who are suffering today."<
Read more: http://verifiedpolitics.com/trump-just-reinstated-restrictions-hurricane-aid-puerto-rico/
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