Washington, Dec. 22 -- Congressman Joe Courtney issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after President Trump announced the new "Trump Class" battleship.
"Congress has already invested in strengthening our Navy's surface fleet by authorizing development of a new generation of large combatant destroyers made of steel - the DDG(X). Its program office opened in 2021," Courtney said. "Today's vague proposal to bring back battleships raises many questions for Congress to scrutinize. There is a reason that the Navy stopped building battleships in 1944 and that President Ronald Reagan's 600 ship fleet, a...