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On the recordMay 23, 2017
If it has been 3 years and we actually have nuclear attack submarines that are sitting at dock and we still do not have a plan in place to get out or at least there is not a plan that we have heard yet, it seems to me that that is one area where we could actually have three more attack subs operational if we had the depot work being done in an expedited fashion or at least in some fashion if we have known about it for 3 years.
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Mike Rounds
Republican · South Dakota

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Rounds emphasizes the need for a plan to utilize idle submarines.

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