Making it difficult to help Puerto Rico

Apparently, we can waive the Jones Act, a law to help people in emergencies, for Houston and Florida, but not for Puerto Rico. The act requires that goods shipped between U.S. ports be carried by vessels built in the U.S., majority-owned by American firms and crewed by U.S. citizens. Hurricane Maria destroyed the island’s electrical grid and left it desperately short of food, clean water and fuel.