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Congress

Bartlett: Embattled Nuclear-Ship Mandate Tricky

Julie Samuel

Monday, June 4th, 2012

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A House lawmaker who recently fought off an attempt to kill a requirement that the Navy build nuclear-powered surface ships said he does not know if such vessels will ever emerge under current budget constraints. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), a senior House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member, said in an interview he stands firmly behind the nuclear-powered mandate that he and former Democratic congressman Gene Taylor from Mississippi helped craft in 2008 and 2009. Taylor, who lost his reelection bid…

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