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On the recordDecember 7, 2016
What is even worse is that because of the way the Navy structured the contracts, taxpayers are still responsible for most of the repair costs, even when the shipbuilders are at fault.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Speier criticizes Navy contracts that burden taxpayers with repair costs.

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