Shipbuilders Council of America Issues Statement in Response to President Donald J. Trump’s Creation of the White House Office of Shipbuilding
WASHINGTON–The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) – representing the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry- issued the following statement in response to last night’s Joint Congress, applauding the creation of the White House Office of Shipbuilding and reaffirms its commitment to strengthening the U.S. industrial base while emphasizing the critical need to fully utilize existing shipyard capacity.
The following quote is attributable to Matthew Paxton, SCA President:
“Since the founding days of our nation, the U.S. shipyard industry and industrial base has played a central role in national and domestic security and remains steadfast in its commitment to maintaining our nation’s security vessels while building the fleet of the future. We applaud the creation of the White House Office of Shipbuilding and the entire shipyard industrial base not only stands at the ready to work with the new Office of U.S. Shipbuilding but we are also ready to answer the call to design and build America’s commercial and military fleets.
“By fully utilizing the existing domestic shipyard capacity, the shipyard industrial base can meet the growing demands of national defense, restore American competitiveness, and create thousands of skilled jobs in communities across the nation. Strengthening the industry-government collaboration is the key to reaching any demand signal to ensure that America remains a global leader in maritime power for decades to come.”
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Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) members constitute the shipyard industrial base that builds, repairs, maintains and modernizes U.S. Navy ships and craft, U.S. Coast Guard vessels of all sizes, as well as vessels for other U.S. government agencies. In addition, SCA members build, repair and service America’s fleet of commercial vessels. The Council represents 40 companies that own and operate over 82 shipyards, with facilities on all three U.S. coasts, the Great Lakes, the inland waterways system, Alaska and Hawaii. SCA also represents 87 partner members that provide goods and services to the shipyard industry. You can learn more by visiting https://shipbuildersusa.org/.