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

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Several lawmakers, including the chair of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), saidthey would support including the Navy’s 20-year, $21 billion plan to improve public shipyardsas part of the White House’s proposed infrastructure package.“This is a real infrastructure issue for us nationwide. Shipbuilding and ship repair capability isstressed, 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 to preserve so Iwould be supportive of that,” HASC Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Wednesday.