
A top member of the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee rallied 120 lawmakers to sign on to a letter pushing appropriators to fund two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) in the final fiscal year 2025 budget. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) spearheaded a letter sent on May 1 to chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), and Ranking Member Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) urging them to support adding one more submarine to the FY ‘25 budget after the Navy lowered…