{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-statement-uss-district-columbia-bow-delivery-electric-boat", "Courtney Statement on USS District of Columbia Bow Delivery to Electric Boat in Groton", "2025-11-25", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Joe Courtney", "C001069", "courtney.house.gov", "courtney", "https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "NORWICH, CT \u2013 Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the delivery of the USS District of Columbia\u2019s bow to Electric Boat\u2019s South Yard assembly building in Groton, CT, where final assembly of the boat will occur. The USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) is the lead boat in the new Columbia-class fleet of ballistic missile submarines. Columbia-class submarines will weigh 21,000 tons \u2013 2\u00bd times the size of Virginia-class submarines.\n\n\u201cThe arrival of the USS District of Columbia bow in Groton is breakthrough milestone for the Columbia program. This module completes the delivery of all major modules for the District of Columbia. For the first time, all modules are together in one yard,\u201d Courtney said. \u201cThis delivery, combined with the turbine power generator delivery from Northrop Grumman in recent weeks, resolves two of the biggest supply chain delays for the boat. Last week, Electric Boat also successfully installed the submarine\u2019s motor into the stern, another first for the lead ship in the Columbia class.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis milestone is a culmination of work by an industrial base of over 2,500 suppliers, spanning all 50 states. It is also the result of the over $10 billion investment by Congress into the U.S. submarine industrial base over the last seven years,\u201d Courtney continued. \u201cWhile submarine shipyards are working with tonnage levels equal the peak of the Cold War, this investment from Congress has grown the submarine workforce, supply chain, and facilities to meet the demand of both the Navy's and the Pentagon\u2019s \u2018number one acquisition priority\u2019 alongside increased construction of Virginia-class submarines.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-statement-uss-district-columbia-bow-delivery-electric-boat"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5876973047852516, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}