Finding the Funds

摘要

As chairman of the House Armed Services seapower and expeditionary forces subcommittee, Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., hasrnoversight and legislative jurisdiction over the Marine Corps, Navy and Naval Reserve equipment and maritime programs. He also serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on Coast Guard and maritime transportation.rnConsidered a "blue dog" conservative Democrat, Taylor is a staunch supporter of increasing the U.S. shipbuilding budget and building a larger Navy. He favored a troop increase for the war in Iraq in 2007 and criticized President Barack Obama's proposed budget in February, saying it did not provide enough funding for the Department of Defense (DoD).