Gallagher: FY-23 budget could be 'bloodbath' for Navy

By Aidan Quigley / January 12, 2022 at 12:11 PM
Two congressional seapower leaders expressed concerns about potential cuts to the Navy's fiscal year 2023 budget Wednesday, with Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) saying he has heard the budget could be a "bloodbath" for the service. Gallagher and Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), both members of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee, said during the Surface Navy Association’s national symposium they have heard from Pentagon sources that the Navy’s FY-23 budget will not feature the shipbuilding increases both have...

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