Advocacy in Action: 2014 Congressional Tours

American Waterways Operators

www.americanwaterways.com

Who Came?

2 State Legislators

3 Senators & Members of Congress

46 U.S. Senate Staff

60 U.S. House Staff

Who Hosted and Helped?

Thank You to an Impressive List of AWO Members!

AEP River Operations, American Commercial Lines, ARTCO, Campbell Transportation, Cook

Inlet Tug and Barge, Crescent Towing, E.N. Bisso & Son, Economy Boat Store, Foss Maritime, Great Lakes Group, Hanson

Material Service, Hunter Marine, Ingram Barge, Marathon Petroleum, Marquette

Transportation, McAllister Towing, McNational, Moran Towing, Parker Towing,

Sause Bros., SCF Marine, Shaver Transportation, Upper Mississippi Fleeting,

Upper River Services, Vane Brothers, Wepfer Marine, and Western Towboat

April 16 - Jacksonville

Moran’s m/v Cathleen E. Moran hosted Congressional staff from Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Bill Nelson, Rep. Ander Crenshaw and Rep. Ted Yoho

April 17 - Seattle

Western Towboat and Foss Maritime hosted Washington State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Wells and State Representative Gael Tarleton onboard the m/v Arctic Titan

May 15 – New York

The Vane Brothers hosted staff from the offices of Sens. Cory Booker, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand onboard the m/v Quantico Creek

May 29 – Mobile

Crescent Towing hosted Congressional staff from the Alabama offices of Sen. Jeff Sessions and Rep. Bradley

Byrne

June 11 - Tacoma

Foss Maritime’s m/v Henry Foss hosted a tugboat tour for Congressional staff from the office of Sen. Maria Cantwell

June 12 – Ohio RiverMarathon Petroleum Company hosted staff from the offices of Sens. Rand Paul and Jay Rockefeller and Reps. Thomas Massie, Hal Rogers, Brad Wenstrup and Shelley Moore Capito abroad Marathon’s m/v Kentucky

June 13 – Gulfport

E.N. Bisso & Son hosted Congressional staff from the office of Rep. Steven Palazzo

June 19 – Lower Miss

Wepfer Marine, Marquette Transportation and Economy Boat Store hosted Congressional staffers from the offices of Sens. Lamar Alexander, John Boozman and Mark Pryor and Reps. Rick Crawford, Steve Womack, Steve Cohen and Stephen Fincher

June 26 – Portland, Oregon

Sause Bros., Foss Maritime, and Shaver Transportation hosted Congressional staffers from the Washington offices of Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Suzanne Bonamici onboard the m/v Natoma, m/v Pacific Escort and the m/v Sommer S

June 27 – Cumberland River

Hunter Marine Transport hosted Congressional staff from the offices of Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker and Reps. Jim Cooper and Diane Black onboard the 4,200 hp m/v James H. Hunter

June 30 – Mississippi River

Upper Mississippi Fleeting and SCF Marine hosted Congressional staffers from the offices of Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Reps. Bruce Braley (D-IA) Dave Loebsack (D-IA) onboard the 1,200 hp m/v Linwood Endeavor

July 2 – Ohio River

Marathon Petroleum Company hosted Congressman Bill Johnson for a tour on the Ohio River. AWO members participating included Fred Nyhuis, David Earl and Lavelle Edmondson

July 7 – St. Louis Harbor

ARTCO hosted Congressional staff from the offices of Sens. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt and Reps. William Lacy Clay,

Ann Wagner, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Bill Enyart and Rodney Davis onboard the m/v American Pillar

July 15 - Anchorage

Cook Inlet Tug and Barge hosted Congressional staff from the office of Sen. Mark Begich onboard the m/v Glacial Wind

July 18 – Monongahela River

Campbell Transportation and Murray American Transportation hosted staffers from the offices of Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey and Reps. Mike Kelly, Keith Rothfus, Bill Shuster and Bill Johnson onboard the m/v Carrie Mays

July 24 – Charleston, SC

Moran Towing hosted Congressional staffers from the offices of Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott and Reps.

Tom Rice, Mark Sanford and Trey Gowdy

July 28 – Baltimore

McAllister hosted Congressional staffers from the Maryland offices of Sen. Ben Cardin, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and Rep. Andy Harris onboard the m/v Maurania III

August 4 – Black Warrior River

Parker Towing Company hosted Congressional staffers from the offices of Sens. Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby on a tour of the Black Warrior River

August 5 – Louisville

ACL hosted staffers from the office of Sens. Dan Coats (R-IN)

and Joe Donnelly and Reps. Brett Guthrie , John Yarmuth and Todd Young onboard the

m/v Jeffboat

August 5 – St. Paul

Upper River Services hosted Congressional staffers from the Minnesota and Wisconsin delegations onboard the 800

hp m/v White Rock

August 7 – Paducah

Ingram Barge Company hosted staffers from the offices of Sen. Rand Paul and Reps. Ed Whitfield and John Shimkus

onboard the m/v Joe B. Wyatt

August 15 – Chicago

Hanson Material Services and Illinois Marine Towing hosted Congressional staffers from the offices of Sen. Dan Coats and Rep. Reid

Ribble and Dan Lipinski aboard the m/v Mallard

August 19 – Cincinnati

AEP River Operations and McNational hosted Rep. Thomas Massie and Congressional staff from several Ohio and Kentucky offices onboard the 6,000 hp m/v AEP Legacy

August 29 – Portsmouth, NH

Moran Towing hosted Sen. Kelly Ayotte onboard the m/v Drum Point

September 5 - Cleveland

The Great Lakes Group hosted Congressional staffers from the offices of Sens. Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown and Reps. Bob Gibbs and Jim Renacci

September 17 - Seattle

Western Towboat and Foss Maritime hosted Congressional staff from the offices of Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Suzan DelBene onboard Western Towboat’s m/v Hornet and in the Foss shipyard