WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/USTR-Letter-Kelly-Warren-SHIPS.pdf) United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to protect American workers and promote domestic ship manufacturing by reinstating the Trade Act of 1974's Section 301 port fees on Chinese ships.
Last year, Kelly and Senator Todd Young (R-IN), alongside Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Trent Kelly (R-MS-01), introduced the SHIPS for America Act (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-kelly-sen-young-rep-garamendi-rep-kelly-introduce-ships-for-america-act-to-boost-american-shipbuilding...