(NEXSTAR) — A White House move to stabilize gas prices by temporarily suspending a law that requires US ships transport goods to US ports is getting pushback by some in Congress. "The administration is coming up with creative new solutions by the day to keep the price of oil stable," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a briefing this week. One of those solutions, she said, was temporarily waiving the Jones Act. Now, foreign ships can transport goods between US ports, which the 1920 act forbids. Leavitt posted on X that the 60-day pause is a step to "mitigate the short-term disruptions to the oil market as the U.S. military continues meeting the objectives of Operation Epic Fury." California Democratic Congressman John Garamendi opposes the move. He says he doesn't think it will lower gas prices and will hurt America's shipping industry. "The problem is not the ability to move fuel around the United States on the rivers and the ports of the United States. That's not the problem. The problem is the stupidity of the war in Iran," Garamendi said. While Garamendi and the administration are at odds over this shipping issue, his bill to build more ships in America aligns with the president's national maritime strategy. "We do have the president's support. I appreciate that," Garamendi said. His bipartisan "SHIPS for America" Act aims to increase America's international fleet by 250 ships in 10 years by prioritizing both commercial and military ships. "If there is a confrontation between China and the United States in the western Pacific, we would have to win it in 30 days, or we lose, because we cannot, we cannot resupply our military. Cannot be done. Because we do not have the American ships to do it," Garamendi said. Garamendi says building more ships addresses a national security problem and creates jobs. "That's jobs in the steel mills, that's jobs in the ports, that's jobs in making these ships, it's also in repairing the ships, and rebuilding our ports," Garamendi said. "It is a very, very significant addition to the American economic future and the growth of the American economy." He expects the House to take up the legislation at the end of April.