Joe Courtney actually said...

The Navy has leveraged the private shipyards to reduce pressure on the maintenance industrial base and has achieved success in this effort.

Courtney highlights Navy's successful use of private shipyards for submarine maintenance.

10/24/2023

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Even when we meet the 308-ship goal, key shortfalls will remain.

But yet, we can't do more with less. We have to do less with less.

The current requirement of 48 was set nearly a decade ago before undersea resurgence that we see now by China and Russia.

And that is what we need and lack today, I think--a bipartisan acceptance of what our national strategy really is.