Republican Bill Would Override CDC On Cruise Ships

The Miami Herald reports:

Florida’s U.S. Senators introduced legislation Tuesday to override the Centers for Disease Control’s existing framework cruise ships must follow to resume operations and replace current regulations with a new set of recommendations to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 aboard ships.

Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, along with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, all Republicans, introduced the Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements, or CRUISE Act, the latest way Florida politicians are criticizing the CDC for the agency’s rules cruise lines must follow before they can resume operations.

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JUST IN: Florida’s U.S. Senators introduced legislation that would override the CDC’s existing framework for cruise ships to resume operations, and would replace current regulations with new recommendations to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on ships. https://t.co/Dr3oxZ1ENa

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) April 13, 2021