Topic - Susan M. Collins

“The importance of our naval assets to our national security and global stability has never been greater, which is why it is so critical that our defense industrial base has the capacity to build and maintain a larger fleet,” said Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican, one of the co-sponsors of the SHIPYARDS Act.

Navy quest for bigger fleet to counter China, Russia hobbled by degraded U.S. shipbuilding industry →

Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican, told Mr. Austin during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing last week that the cancellation of the destroyer procurement would result in a setback in the Navy's goal of 355 ships and would have lasting impacts on the industrial base to build ships.

Biden's slimmed-down Navy budget scorned as China threat looms →