Ribble Helps Secure Crucial First Step in LCS Funding for 2017

Statement

U.S. Representative Reid Ribble (WI-08) today announced that funding for three Littoral Combat Ships, rather than the two requested by the Administration, has been passed out of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee. This crucial first step improves the likelihood that funding for three Littoral Combat Ships will eventually be part of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.

"Our first Constitutional duty is to provide for the common defense, and fully funding the LCS program is an integral part of that duty," Ribble said. "With the language that passed out of the House Armed Services Subcommittee, we will fund the construction of three new Littoral Combat Ships, which Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has repeatedly called crucial for the Navy's mission. Some of these new LCS ships will be built in our very own Marinette facilities, and I am extremely proud of the work men and women in our community are doing to help keep America safe."

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