And so I'm going to shift to our shipbuilding. Mr. Secretary, we were all troubled by the 75 day shipbuilding review that found major delays among most of the shipbuilding programs. And I was surprised to hear that the Navy estimates that the frigate will be delayed by as many as 36 months. As you and I discussed last year, I worked to secure funding for the industrial basin workforce development programs that would support growing the skilled workforce that we need to sustain robust production of the fraction frigate. (01:55–02:03)
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