Tim Sheehy: “Our merchant sealift capability is just as important as our…”

“Well, you mentioned Armed Services Committee and I think it's also important to mention that even arguably more important for the Navy is I'm on the Commerce Science Transportation Committee, which oversees our merchant marine. And I think Our merchant sealift capability is just as important as our combat naval capability. When you want to talk about force projection and power projection globally and as you look at especially a theater like Westpac where we haven't obviously had to fight a war there in 80 years, especially, we hope we don't.” (07:43–07:49)

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