
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s proposed $306 billion pandemic relief package, released Monday, includes $29 billion for defense of which $19 billion would be used to assist the industrial base. “With the additional resources this legislation provides, I believe we can give them greater confidence that we are getting our arms around this virus. That, I believe, is the key to unleashing the American economy and hitting our stride as a nation once again,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the committee chair,…