The fact that they have put in $20 million in the budget, and we authorized $30 million, is telling me that we have an opportunity here in Congress to fix the mistake that the Biden administration made with the budget, in my view.
Larsen critiques the Biden administration's budget request for the Small Shipyard Grant program.
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