Sullivan clashes with Del Toro over whether Navy secretary is prioritizing climate change over shipbuilding

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SULLIVAN: ‘WHERE IS YOUR TITLE X RESPONSIBILITIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE?’ In a combative exchange at yesterday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing of the Navy’s 2025 budget, Sen.

over whether he has failed to deliver an adequate shipbuilding plan because he’s too focused on climate change.

“I spent 75% of my time on shipbuilding, so I don’t agree,” Del Toro pushed back. “Actually, a good leader, what they do is they actually take assessment of the conditions that exist when one comes in. And you know well, senator, that the acquisition issues that we’re dealing with go back decades. What I’m trying to do and have been doing from the day that I became secretary, was to be honest, transparent, and deeply committed to turning things around. And that’s exactly what I’ve done.

Del Toro said there has been a “greening” of the workforce, which used to be comprised of blue-collar workers with decades of experience and now is made up of younger workers who have plenty of other job options that often are less arduous and pay better.

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