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Del Toro Optimistic Congress Will Pass Ships For America Act

Tuesday, December 10th, 2024

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Del Toro Optimistic Congress Will Pass Ships For America Act

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro gives keynote remarks at Navy League’s 2024 Sea Air Space conference on April 9, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jared Mancuso)

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro this week expressed optimism that Congress will introduce and pass a bill to support the domestic shipbuilding industry. “Take a look at what Congress does here the next couple of days, or the next week or so, hopefully no more than a week. They're probably going to introduce the Ships Act, and the Ships Act codifies so many of the things that are part of our new National Maritime statecraft. So much of…

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