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White House waives Jones Act after Hurricane Maria

Name: White House waives Jones Act after Hurricane Maria
Uploaded: 2017-09-28T12:04:05-0400
Duration: 5 min 54 s
Description: After repeated calls from critics, the White House has waived the 1920 Jones Act, lifting shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies, joins CBSN to discuss what's next.

After repeated calls from critics, the White House has waived the 1920 Jones Act, lifting shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies, joins CBSN to discuss what's next.