WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSPol) -- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers issued the following news release: The 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the largest defense labor union in North America, sent a letter to leadership of the House Appropriations Committee and House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee urging them to support funding for two DDG-51 Flight III destroyers in Fiscal Year 2022. The DDG-51 destroyer fleet is bu  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 29, 2021: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released a statement today following the release of the Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Subcommittee Appropriations Bill. The bill appropriates funds for two DDG-51 destroyers, rejecting the reduction sought by the Biden Administration in their budget request a month earlier. Over the last four weeks, Golden has used his position on the House Armed Services Committee  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 29, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), member of the House Appropriations Committee, today welcomed the restoration of funding for a second DDG-51 Flight III destroyer that had been removed from the President's Budget Request, highlighting the need for this funding to produce reliable ships for the Navy and to U.S. protect national security. "Anyone who has been to Bath Iron Works knows th  more