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Lawmakers Discuss Support For Including Navy’s Shipyard Improvement Plan In Infrastructure Package

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Lawmakers Discuss Support For Including Navy’s Shipyard Improvement Plan In Infrastructure Package
USS Carl Vinson (CV-70) departed Dry Dock 6 on April 6, 2020 after spending 14 months undergoing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Several lawmakers, including the chair of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), said they would support including the Navy’s 20-year, $21 billion plan to improve public shipyards as part of the White House’s proposed infrastructure package. “This is a real infrastructure issue for us nationwide. Shipbuilding and ship repair capability is stressed, to put it mildly. Certainly, that is crucial for national security and national defense, but it’s also an incredibly important part of our economy that we should strive…

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