Congress

Three House members on Thursday introduced a bill that would create a new maritime industrial base commission to study and make recommendations on the U.S. maritime industry. The bill, called […]

Amid a possible shutdown later in the week, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services on Wednesday pledged his support for the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed by the House but […]

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday she will not seek reelection in […]

The stopgap funding measure passed by the House and pending before the Senate to avert a government shutdown includes $33.3 billion for shipbuilding, a slight boost above the Navy’s request, […]

The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a stopgap funding measure to avert a pending government shutdown with a 217-213 vote, sending the bill to the Senate. The lower chamber voted […]

The House’s stopgap funding proposal to avert a government shutdown, which includes an $8 billion defense add, faces a tight path to pass the lower chamber this week but is […]

A bipartisan pair of House Armed Services Committee members said Wednesday that the Pentagon’s combatant commands should be given more authority to directly go and procure innovative technologies that can […]

The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday he’s “encouraged” by President Trump’s plan to establish a new office in the White House dedicated to bolstering domestic shipbuilding.  […]

The Coast Guard’s goal of a $20 billion annual budget has received a positive reception from the Trump administration, the service’s acting operations head said on Wednesday. In discussions with […]

Bollinger Shipyards has completed more than 90 percent of the design of the Coast Guard’s first heavy polar icebreaker in 50 years and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will […]