I would just ask you to seriously consider the option of not taking the ship out of Narragansett Bay and spending $20 million for it elsewhere but spending very little and simply transferring it across.
Jack Reed: “I would just ask you to seriously consider the option of not taking the ship out of Narragansett Bay and spending $20…”
On the recordApril 9, 2014
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Reed advocates for relocating a NOAA vessel within Narragansett Bay instead of incurring high costs.
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