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John Phelan: “The One Big Beautiful bill Act provides $29.2 billion for…”

Featuring: John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy | National

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Morning Keynote: The Honorary John Phelan

Published | Video Starts at 27:09

At a time when China was accelerating its naval expansion, Congress had to add $3.4 billion just to keep critical programs afloat, and President Trump has correctly identified this as unacceptable. Under his leadership, The One Big Beautiful bill Act provides $29.2 billion for U.S. navy shipbuilding program and other efforts to bolster U.S. shipbuilding capacity. That, coupled with fiscal year 26 appropriations that includes 27.2 billion for 19 vessels and 2.6 billion in maritime industrial based supplier capacity, technology, infrastructure and workforce training. (27:09–27:21)

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