{"id":31488,"date":"2020-01-18T04:35:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T04:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/18\/lawmakers-visit-shipbuilder-amid-talk-of-navy-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:15:57","slug":"lawmakers-visit-shipbuilder-amid-talk-of-navy-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/18\/lawmakers-visit-shipbuilder-amid-talk-of-navy-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers visit shipbuilder amid talk of Navy cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATH, Maine \u2014 The Democratic chairman and ranking Republican on a House Armed Services subcommittee toured Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works on Friday and offered assurances to shipbuilders amid reports of possible cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic Rep. Joe Courtney, of Connecticut, and GOP Rep. 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Those destroyers are produced at two shipyards, Maine\u2019s Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics subsidiary, and Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Courtney and Wittman made it clear that they are strongly opposed to such a cut of shipbuilding, Golden said afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Navy requested and Congress approved a multiyear procurement. This new proposal in the memo would nullify a contract that&#8217;s already agreed to. 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