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Senator calls for cruise ship bill of rights

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    Peter Doocy reports from Washington, D.C.

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Street now more rough water for Carnival Cruise Lines another disabled ship full of vacationers now limping back report.

The cruise ship a legend arriving in -- yesterday a legendary crews now after.

A leading senator calling for a passenger bill of rights what would be in that bill.

Peter Doocy live in Washington on this what would this bill of rights do Peter.

Bill it would guarantee refunds for passengers who get stuck on a ship that stranded at sea where there's no place to go to the bathroom or see a doctor or enjoy modern luxuries like.

Lights and air conditioning senator Chuck Schumer from New York is the one leading the charge for this new cruise ship bill of rights and he said yesterday.

Cruise passengers shouldn't be forced to live in Third World conditions.

When they go on vacation.

These ships are regulated by foreign countries who have virtually no regulation at all they -- in our ports.

They're -- and they advertise all over America.

The majority of their.

Passengers are American.

But they fly foreign flags.

And one of the reasons they fly far and flags is because there's virtually no regulation.

And without proper American regulations senator Schumer says cruise ships have become the wild west.

Of the traveling industry what one of the passengers saying about this are they calling for it.

It really depends on which cruisers he -- talk to some of the passengers from the carnival triumph which broke down last month and had to be towed into Mobile, Alabama.

Have filed federal lawsuits but most of the passengers we heard from.

Exiting more recently disabled carnival legend and carnival dream.

Basically just shrugged at their -- problems.

We had a slight -- an elevator service.

This slight distraction and he -- touching off limits which wasn't a problem it was a very short time period.

I don't take excellent care of us and made sure we all have.

Flights at home.

Continues -- credit and get sent out to travel with them again we will.

Vacation you -- take it like it is that -- too seriously -- that says.

It's senator Schumer gets its way to cruise ship bill of rights would be similar to the airline passenger bill of rights and he wants companies to adopt these new policies bill.

On narrow all right Peter thank you Peter do you see in Washington on that.

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