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Ken Calvert: “The United States pretty much left the ship building…”

Featuring: Ken Calvert, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 41

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Rep. Ken Calvert on Bidens Arms Embargo on Israel talks California's inflation problem.

Published | Video Starts at 06:42

Because they're just crushing us. Congressman. Yeah, as you know, a substantial amount of trips in the world are made in China and South Korea and Japan. The United States pretty much left the ship building business and now we have to rebuild our capability. which is going to be costly and timely and we got to get on it right away. I know a little bit about this so called drone ship. (06:42–06:49)

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Asserts that the U.S. has largely exited the shipbuilding industry and needs to rebuild its capabilities.

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