NORWICH, CT – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, recently visited the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Surface Warfare Center in Philadelphia, PA, to witness the foundry pour of the propulsor mold for the first-ever Columbia-class submarine.

“My office’s phones and email have blown up with hundreds of constituents who have already been impacted by recent slowdowns at USPS,” said Congressman Courtney.

“I’ve been proud to work on a bipartisan basis to restore the missing submarine to the 2021 NDAA, and to ensure we passed a progressive defense bill that supports the Columbia-class program, and does right by our men and women in uniform in eastern Connecticut and all around the globe," said Courtney.

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