WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense issued the following testimony by Xavier Beale, vice president for operations at Newport News Shipbuilding, for an Oct. 26, 2021, hearing entitled "Workforce Development and the Department of Defense": * * * Thank you for this opportunity to share my thoughts with you today about the very important topic of workforce development. I appreciate your interest in the workforce development challenges our industry faces and I am  more