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Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Published January 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 30:35

We got some stuff Representative Stauber and I are working on to allow Fraser shipyards up in the twin ports. Yeah. To be able to do naval work. The Navy has a significant backlog in maintenance on some of their ships. And they could do some of the smaller stuff. And I'm hopeful that we're going to be able to get that done. We've been working on it. (30:35–30:42)

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