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What will Alabama get from the $2.3 trillion 2021 federal budget?
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Congress passed a 2021 federal budget Thursday including billions for programs in Alabama including NASA space exploration and Army defense work in Huntsville, Anniston and Montgomery; millions for roads, ports and railroads; and millions more for research in Birmingham, Auburn and other university centers across the state.
The FY21 Omnibus Appropriations Package was passed by the Senate and House Thursday and sent to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
“This is great news,” said Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, who is chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. “I am pleased we swiftly advanced this package through Congress and on to the president’s desk. The American people expect us to do our job, and funding the government, including the military, is our fundamental responsibility. This package not only includes FY21 appropriations bills, but it also provides COV
US Navy/MCS Seaman Riley McDowell
Delays, cost overruns, and technological glitches on the USS Gerald R. Ford grew so frustrating that the Navy and lawmakers clashed publicly over the ship in late 2019.
Now the ship, which is the first new carrier design in four decades, is making rapid progress, and the Navy says the once struggling warship may ready for action sooner than expected.
At a House hearing a little more than a year ago, Rep. Elaine Luria criticized the Navy s newest, most expensive aircraft carrier to date, calling it a nuclear powered floating barge that s not deployable.
Those comments started a verbal sparring match with then-Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer over the USS Gerald R. Ford, which had been a thorn in the Navy s side after years of delays, cost overruns, and technological glitches.
Ingalls Shipbuilding lifted into place second half of flight deck for US Navy LPD 29 Richard M McCool Jr Ingalls Shipbuilding lifted into place second half of flight deck for US Navy LPD 29 Richard M McCool Jr Tuesday, 22 December 2020 16:33
According to information published on December 19, 2020, Shipbuilders at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, recently lifted into place the second half of the flight deck for U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29).
(Picture source Huntington Ingalls Industries)
The USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) will be the 13th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy. She is named after U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient Richard Miles McCool, Jr.
The Navy s newest carrier, once criticised as a floating barge, may be ready for action sooner than expected Courtney Mabeus A E-2C Hawkeye approaches USS Gerald R. Ford, August 4, 2020. Delays, cost overruns, and technological glitches on the USS Gerald R. Ford grew so frustrating that the Navy and lawmakers clashed publicly over the ship in late 2019. Now the ship, which is the first new carrier design in four decades, is making rapid progress, and the Navy says the once struggling warship may ready for action sooner than expected.
At a House hearing a little more than a year ago, Rep. Elaine Luria criticised the Navy s newest, most expensive aircraft carrier to date, calling it a nuclear powered floating barge that s not deployable.