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Todd Young: “We have a choice: do nothing and invite a potential economic and national security disaster… Or rebuild our fleet, end…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2026
We have a choice: do nothing and invite a potential economic and national security disaster… Or rebuild our fleet, end our dependance on Chinese ships, and open a new era of American shipbuilding.
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Todd Young
Republican · Indiana

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Senator Young discusses the need for American shipbuilding.

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