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Joe Courtney: “Shipbuilding is the long game, and that we did as a nation take a holiday.”

On the recordMarch 15, 2016
Shipbuilding is the long game, and that we did as a nation take a holiday.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Joe Courtney discusses the importance of shipbuilding and past underinvestment.

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