Senate Committee's Defense Spending Plan Includes More Money for Amphibs
23 May 2019
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
The Senate Armed Services Committee's $750 billion budget plan would restore some funding for Navy warships that Marines say they need to get to the fight.
The committee's plan adds almost $1 billion on top of President Donald Trump's 2020 budget request to speed up the delivery of two amphibious ships. The committee's planned $24.1 billion to fund a dozen new Navy vessels includes $650 million above the administration's request for a new amphibious assault ship and nearly $278 million more for a new amphibious transport dock ship.
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