"Captain Crunch" has come a long way from his days when, as a NY Representative, he protested the cost of breakfast cereal.

Most cruise ships are not registered in the US, mainly for the over regulating done by congress. I doubt that Chunky will have any luck even if he passes the bill. The most the US can do is prevent these ships coming to our ports and I seriously doubt they will do that.

Here comes another, ´ambulance chaser,´ dem pol.

And this has what to do with actually doing a budget? This has what to do with national security? This has what to do with the economic disaster this country is in?

#2 Beat me to the obvious. Too bad our elected officials don´t think or do their research before they speak. Up chuckie should have known that cruise ships are registered outside the USA in order to avoid the likes of himself and his ilk.

That will work right up to the time each ship leaves US territorial waters.

I am surprised, watching interviews, how many people say they would cruise again and on the same carrier. The market should control this. Lots of cruise ships around the world (some illegally dumping their waste and sewage - that is where governments should step in) and lots of people willing to pay to play. People should read their tickets, get lawyers if they feel the need, but keep the damned government out of it. They have enough to do. Or rather, they have enough they should be doing. They can step in if terrorists climb on board.

Cruise ship bathrooms are probably more sanitary than any bathroom in his house.

Chuckie searches out the tv cameras and issues a new pronouncement on a new issue weekly. He is an embarrassment to most NYers, but they keep reelecting him.
go figure.

Oh look! A squirrel, a snake, No, it´s Chuck E Cheese. What good would THAT do Chuckie? You´ve destroyed the US Bill of Rights. This would be no different. You would do your best to destroy it too. Besides, most of WTP are too broke to afford a cruise

#7, If you know cruise ships are dumping waste and sewage illegally, it is your responsibility to report it. I suspect you are p**ing into the wind.
As a long time cruiser......I know you are.

A liberal democrat member of a party that runs roughshod over our Constitution wants a "bill of rights" for cruise ships. Hey, Chuckie, how about supporting our Constitution first?

I´ve cruised just three times - Caribbean for two weeks, Mexico for four days, Hawaii for a week. I should have stopped after the first one, but friends wanted to go. Didn´t have any problems. Did see problems and were told by the crew they were problems from other cruise ships. Plus at that time there was a big push worldwide to stop cruise ships from this disgusting practice.

Whatta maroon.

Guy has real prioritization problems. That´s not terminal, is it?

#12: Good post. Consideringhow he and his party treat the BOR in the Constitution, it´s odd he´d think one would matter in some other circumstance.

Once you sign your cruise ticket there is no need for a lawyer anymore no matter what happens or how bad or unhealthy the ship might become. It is a contract in which you have given up all legal rights, written by and for the cruise line´s benefit. You have no rights left.

The country is falling apart and this is what shumer is worried about. Please someone in NY run against this mental midget.

Oh good, now congress thinks it needs to get in the vacation cruise business. Can you Democrats just get your noses out of our business! Hey Schumer! Get that barbershop in line in the Senate first. Then we may let you try a lemonade stand!

You´ve already shown us what you can do with Soc. Security and the national debt. Shut up and stay in your little pig sty of a world. We don´t need you!

Why don´t people just stop using Carnival? Let the Market work.

Schumer (aka Shoe Merde) doesn´t understand free markets and how competition addresses these problems.

We don´t need Government. The market will take care of this. Which of you would book a Carnival cruise over another cruise line.

considering that all cruise lines are foreign flagged, this is a nothing burger and if Schumer thinks he can get it passed, let him try. It might keep him from meddling in issues that really affect the rest of us.

The US gov´t has absolutely positively no power or control over cruise lines´ vessels except for inspection of operational systems by the Coast Guard. Read the fine print on the ticket - it´s a contract. And then if you´re happy with the details, cruise away. The market will deal with Carnival. I predict that if they don´t make some major changes they won´t be in business in a year. Then again, my crystal ball has a short in it. Hasn´t been working right for a spell.

I still wouldn´t cruise - even if it were free. But that´s just my own personal quirk...

Does this troll understand the free market? If the supplier isn´t delivering the "goods", then the customers will go elsewhere. Simple. No regulations or laws needed.

In the meantime, he votes and peddles influence to dismantle THE Bill of Rights. What a tool.

Schumer as well as all liberals stick their noses in a private business matters. let the market and common business sense dictate the cruise ship business. If you run a crappy cruise ship business, the paying customers will put you out of business in no time. Not the governments business.

Another Democrat exploiting a situation for political gain and perhaps an attempt at shaking down the cruise industry.

Yeah, the Cruise Ship operators need to take advise from the US Senators, who really know how to run an efficient....oh, wait!

So will his cruise ship bill of rights be trashed by him and every elected Dem just like the constitutions bill of rights?

Just take a Celebrity Cruise--try the Equinox. Its beauty and staff surpass any other.

Look for the big X on the ships´ smoke stacks. That´s Celebrity. That´s modern luxury!

My question is that if I go on one of these cruise ships, how big of a soft drink will I be allowed to get?

It´s a machine,you idiot, and a very complex machine. People who take boat rides are putting themselves at the mercy of these mechanical behemoths. They should expect them to break down and to break down a lot. It´s a wonder that any of them get back to port on schedule. Navy ships and merchant ships are a whole different category. Not near the complexity.

Imagine that, a Democrat sticking his power hungry nose in the business of others. Is there anything that a Democrat doesn´t think he should control?

So when is he going to demand a "Fed-run airport Bill of Rights". TSA "workers" steal our stuff, feel up our daughters with impunity-because their union contract makes them not subject to dismissal. It´s OK though. They give money to Schumer´s party.

Schumah da Schemah strikes again!

The cruise ship companies are there to make money, and thus do everything that they can to keep their ships from breaking down and disrupting their cruise schedule which causes when to loose money.

But because cruise ships are complex electronic and mechanical operations they sometimes do break down. When that has happened in the past, it appears that the cruise ship companies have refunded the price of the cruise to the passengers and have offered discounts on a future cruise.

So why does the government have to create a special bill of rights that would interfere with a lawful commercial contract between passengers and cruise ship companies?

It´s Sunday.. The schmuckster always gives a presser on Sunday.. Regular as a shower and yet he still is a piece of big gov´t stinky..just shut up chucky.

How about a bill of rights to protect us from airport screeners first.

Anyone who takes a cruise is a fool.

Schumer isn´t taking his pills

Exactly, #2. I was wondering What the almighty senator from New York plans to do about the foreign counties where the cruise ships are registered. He´s just running his mouth.

Chuck the Schumer has become Senator Live Shot since Kerry left the back bench.

From the man who hates the actual Bill of Rights...a cruise ship bill of rights. Whoop de do!

Cruise ships operate under international law. Schumer, the hacker of Steele´s credit report, was in need of another photo op and picked cruise ships as his cause.

It´s people like Schumer and the American unions who have decimated the American Merchant Marine. Just remember the road to hell is paved with good intentions.