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On the recordDecember 7, 2016
That is why Congress needs to find out if the most recent changes will really make the LCS better or if we are just trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Speier questions the effectiveness of changes to the littoral combat ship program.

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