The Republican mouthpieces have been making some stir around the country that a great many more resources would have been available to help with the oil gusher's pollution recovery but can not because of the Jones Act which requires US crews and US ships provide sea transport between U.S. ports. It is not true, as CNBC's Mark Haines notes here:
I think it is very important to refute these false claims as they appear, even if it is a "Whack-a-Mole" exercise. We lost the message with the Republican riots at town hall meetings last summer, and it nearly cost us the Health Care bill. Let's not let that happen again.
