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SID SALTER: If Biden means his tough China talk, look to Wicker's SHIPYARD Act | Columnists djournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from djournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
View Comments In his “interim” national security document issued in March, President Joe Biden sounded sharp concerns about China, and he ramped up that tough talk in his first address to a joint session of Congress in April. “China and other countries are closing in fast. We have to develop and dominate the products and technologies of the future,” Biden said in the congressional speech, warning Chinese leaders that the United States will maintain a strong military presence in the Indo-Pacific “just as we do for NATO in Europe not to start conflict but to prevent one.” That the U.S. president would express concern over U.S. relations with China makes sense. ....
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Proposed legislation would inject billions into the Navy s public shipyards Includes Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth and last updated 2021-05-04 16:33:01-04 PORTSMOUTH, Va. â PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The nation s four public shipyards, including Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, could get a significant boost toward modernization efforts if proposed bipartisan legislation is approved. Last week, a coalition of Senators and Representatives introduced the Supplying Help to Infrastructure in Ports, Yards, and Americaâs Repair Docks (SHIPYARD) Act of 2021. The bill would provide $25 billion to improve the shipyards that support Navy ships. The bulk of the money, $21 billion, would be designated for the Navy s four public shipyards. ....
Updated at 9:14 AM increase font size Collins, King propose $25 billion funding bill for shipyards including BIW Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery would be included in the $21 billion set aside for the country’s public shipyards. Share Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, alongside five lawmakers from other states, proposed a bipartisan bill Wednesday that includes $25 billion to boost construction and maintenance at shipyards like Bath Iron Works and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. The Supplying Help to Infrastructure in Ports, Yards, and America’s Repair Docks (SHIPYARD) Act of 2021 designates $21 billion for the Navy’s four public shipyards in Maine, Virginia, Hawaii and Washington, $2 billion for major Navy private new construction shipyards, and $2 billion for Navy private repair shipyards, according to a statement released Wednesday. ....