An influential House lawmaker is concerned about the lack of funding for ship maintenance in the fiscal year 2017 budget agreement. House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (R-VA) told Inside Defense after a May 2 event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies there is a budget shortfall in the FY-17 consolidated appropriations bill. "I'm not certain we have all of the dollars necessary to be able to take all of the 14...
