{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-discusses-the-ships-act-importance-of-commercial-shipbuilding-during-commerce-hearing/", "Young Discusses the SHIPS Act, Importance of Commercial Shipbuilding During Commerce Hearing", "2025-10-22", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch Senator Young\u2019s full remarks.**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, discussed the importance of the SHIPS for America Act and restoring America\u2019s commercial shipbuilding during a Commerce Committee hearing.\n\n\u201cThe President has made building ships in America a priority, and I have legislation, the SHIPS for America Act, that would set the conditions for restoring American dominance,\u201d said Senator Young.\n\nYoung also highlighted America\u2019s disadvantage in shipbuilding capacity compared to China and emphasized the need to strengthen U.S. maritime industrial capability.\n\n\u201cThe numbers are pretty disturbing. China has \u2013 the numbers vary \u2013 but roughly 5,500 ships that can operate in ocean-level shipping,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cWe have much less than that, 80 roughly, and we have the capacity to build only five a year. So, we need to up our game, and the SHIPS Act would help us build 250 over the next 10.\u201d\n\nThe hearing considered nominees to serve in the Maritime Administration, the Federal Maritime Commission, and the Department of Commerce, including Mr. Timothy Petty, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-discusses-the-ships-act-importance-of-commercial-shipbuilding-during-commerce-hearing/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6936127319931984, "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"}