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Ken Calvert: We need more ships, quite frankly, and your comment on the workforce constraints that you are experiencing and what our…

On the recordMay 6, 2021
We need more ships, quite frankly, and your comment on the workforce constraints that you are experiencing and what our private shipyards need in order to keep pace with China.
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Ken Calvert
Republican · California

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Calvert emphasizes the need for increased ship production to compete with China.

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