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Home » Press Releases » U.S. Rep. Gallagher: Exposes growing vulnerability in U.S. sealift capacity, seeks urgent action to ensure military equipment deliveries to Indo-Pacific U.S. Forces
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party wrote to the Departments of Defense and Transportation, exposing critical deficiencies in the United States’ military sealift capabilities in the Indo-Pacific. The Chinese military has embarked on an unprecedented naval buildup. Meanwhile, our aging and underfunded fleet of sealift s...