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Tipoffs on Bath Iron Works Newsletter for Sunday March 20, 2022 ( 2 items )  

Rep. Golden: Funding for 2 DDG-51 Destroyers, Including One to Be Built at Bath Iron Works, Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 15 2022: The Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill signed into law today included a provision Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) fought for to fund two DDG-51 destroyers. The inclusion of the funding in the spending bill finalizes the reversal of the Biden Administration's proposal to cut production of DDG-51 destroyers -- the ships built at Bath Iron Works -- down to only a single ship this year  more

Sen. Collins Secures Funding for Additional DDG-51 Destroyer in Omnibus Funding Package
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus includes funding for which she strongly advocated to construct two DDG-51 destroyers. The omnibus passed the House and the Senate. President Biden is scheduled to sign the legislation into law this afternoon. The legislation  more