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John Garamendi: “The United States Government maintains a series of ships that are standby, available to the Navy to be used in our…”

On the recordJune 9, 2014
The United States Government maintains a series of ships that are standby, available to the Navy to be used in our national defense. Historically, these ships have been crewed, owned, and operated by American citizens. There may be an attempt underway to change that to allow these ships to be crewed, owned, and operated by foreign entities. This amendment would preclude that. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jun 9, 2014

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