Sen. Collins Secures Funding for Additional DDG-51 Destroyer in Omnibus Funding Package
March 16, 2022
March 16, 2022
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.
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.