{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-kelly-column-a-post-shutdown-priority-build-more-ships/", "YOUNG/KELLY COLUMN: A Post-Shutdown Priority: Build More Ships", "2025-10-27", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "The following letter by U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) was published in the Wall Street Journal on October 27, 2025.\n\nKate Farmer ably reports that \u201cThe Navy at 250 Faces New Challenges\u201d (op-ed, Oct. 13). Secretary John Phelan told our colleagues in the House this summer that our programs are \u201ca mess,\u201d \u201cbehind schedule and overbudget.\u201d All this while China is strengthening its own capacity: Beijing builds six naval combatant ships for every 1.8 ships we construct.\n\nThe silver lining: There is growing political will not to accept the status quo. President Trump this spring signed an executive order, \u201cRestoring America\u2019s Maritime Dominance,\u201d that seeks to rehabilitate the industry and engage allies.\n\nIn Congress we introduced the Ships for America Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would jumpstart production of new U.S.-flagged vessels; rebuild the U.S. shipyard industrial base; and expand and strengthen mariner and shipyard-worker recruitment, training and retention, creating thousands of new jobs for Americans. There\u2019s momentum to pass our bill and send a message that the U.S. is serious about revitalizing our commercial maritime industries and countering China\u2019s dominance over the oceans.\n\nWhy not make it a first order of business when the government reopens? Time isn\u2019t our ally.\n\nSen. Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.)\n\nTucson, Ariz.\n\nSen. Todd Young (R., Ind.)\n\nBargersville, Ind.", 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-kelly-column-a-post-shutdown-priority-build-more-ships/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.953607726842165, "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"}