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Joni Ernst: “We have about a $1.8 billion backlog of deferred…”

Featuring: Joni Ernst, Republican | U.S. Senate, Iowa

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Published | Video Starts at 04:39

So with that, in just very little time remaining, we do still have a lot of personnel and workforce challenges, but also the supply chain struggles which have left many of our ships waiting for critical spare parts and maintenance. We have about a $1.8 billion backlog of deferred maintenance. mainten. What are your thoughts on getting to those backlogs? How can we reduce that? Thank you for the question, Senator. Important, very important problem we have that we need to get focused on very quickly. (04:39–04:44)

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