{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moran.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2871", "KLTV 7: Rep. Moran introduces bill aimed at increasing shipbuilding efforts", "2026-08-05", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Nathaniel Moran", "M001224", "moran.house.gov", "nathanielmoran", "https://moran.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - U.S. Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Tyler) has introduced a bill aimed at incentivizing shipbuilding in the United States.\n\nThe \u201cAmerican Shipyard Investment Act of 2026\u201d would create a 25% tax credit for shipbuilders to mitigate what Moran says are national security and regulatory concerns.\n\nIn 2022, BRS Shipbrokers said China had 1,794 ships under construction, compared to 5 in the United States.\n\n\u201cWhen you talk about the number of maritime warships that we need to keep up with China, we cannot rely on even South Korea and Japan to help us in that,\u201d Moran said.\n\n\u201cThe problem with shipbuilding for many decades has been that the federal government has put too much regulatory burden on these companies,\u201d added Moran. \u201cIt has made it impossible for companies in the United States to compete with companies in China, and with South Korea and Japan.\u201d\n\nEast Texas Economist Dr. Ray Perryman said the lack of shipbuilding stems from supply chain constraints and labor costs.\n\nPerryman mentioned the Jones Act of 1920 - which requires goods transported domestically by water to use an American-built ship - is driving up shipping costs.\n\n\u201cThe Jones Act makes it very inefficient to do shipping inside the country now which raises prices for a lot of goods and services in an unnecessary way but one that could be alleviated by greater shipbuilding in the United States,\u201d Perryman said.", 1, "2026-08-26T05:33:32Z", "2026-08-26T05:34:56Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://moran.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2871"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0533491149544716, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}