BIPARTISAN SENATORS CALL FOR COMMITMENT TO VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM, UNDERSEA SUPERIORITY & DEFENSE WORKFORCE
May 13, 2024
May 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
Today U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) led a group of fourteen members of the Senate in sending a letter to the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense urging them to preserve the two-per-year procurement cadence of Virginia Class submarines to maintain undersea supremacy and prevent destabilizing the industrial base.
"Cutting funding for t . . .
Today U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) led a group of fourteen members of the Senate in sending a letter to the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense urging them to preserve the two-per-year procurement cadence of Virginia Class submarines to maintain undersea supremacy and prevent destabilizing the industrial base.
"Cutting funding for t . . .