Joe Courtney: “The new defense authorization bill this year, which is given…”

“And I want to end with that point, which is that, you know, people, I think the support for the submarine industrial base, and we're seeing it happening as I'm standing here in terms of The new defense authorization bill this year, which is given some really good help to the submarine industrial base in terms of workforce issues, as well as authorizing robust funding to keep the contracts fully paid for, has just huge bipartisan support here in Congress. And I personally, as someone who's very close to this issue, feel that as that tonnage chart showed, and you know, the fact that Iowa, which was built during the height of COVID is ready for delivery.” (18:54–19:16)

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