GOP Senators Question Biden’s Navy Budget as China Projects Having 150 More Ships Than US by 2028

GOP Senators Question Biden’s Navy Budget as China Projects Having 150 More Ships Than US by 2028
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) listens as U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Department of State budget request in Washington on June 08, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Frank Fang
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Republican senators expressed concerns this week about the Biden administration’s Navy budget, saying that the proposed spending is not adequate to confront the threat posed by China’s expanding naval forces.

“This administration’s budget request does not fully reflect the challenges identified in its own national defense strategy,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said at a hearing on March 28.