
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…