Mark Kelly

Senator Mark Kelly honored with 2025 SCA Maritime Leadership Award

he Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has honored Senator Mark Kelly (D.-Ariz.) with the 2025 SCA Maritime Leadership Award. The award, the industry’s highest is given annually to national leaders who demonstrate outstanding dedication and support for the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry.

“Senator Kelly has worked closely with industry stakeholders and policymakers to shape a once-in-a-generation bipartisan piece of legislation, the SHIPS for America Act, that will bolster the entire...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/senator-mark-kelly-honored-with-2025-sca-maritime-leadership-award/

SHIPS for America Act will support Trump executive order

President Trump’s executive order on Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance calls for “securing consistent, predictable, and durable federal funding” for maritime programs.

That’s going to require bipartisan Congressional support. In a hopeful sign that it will be forthcoming, Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz) and SHIPS for America Act co-leads Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss), and Representative John Garamendi (D-Calif) released the following statement on the executive...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/ships-for-america-act-will-support-for-trump-executive-order/

Op-Ed: How the SHIPS for America Act can restore U.S. maritime leadership

By Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)

Flanked by two oceans, the United States has always been a maritime nation. Our dominance over the oceans was a key factor in establishing the U.S. as the most powerful nation on Earth. My family has lived this. Both of my grandfathers were seafarers during World War II. One sailed on a Liberty ship in the Atlantic and the other one with the Navy in the Pacific. Their example was an inspiration to me that led me to attend the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and join the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/op-ed-how-the-ships-for-america-act-can-restore-u-s-maritime-leadership/

SHIPS for America Act introduced

Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), Representative John Garamendi (D-Calif.-8), and Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss,-1) introduced the Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security (SHIPS) for America Act, comprehensive legislation to revitalize the United States shipbuilding and commercial maritime industries.

After decades of neglect, the legislators say, the United States has a weakened shipbuilding capacity, a declining commercial...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/legislation/ships-for-america-act-introduced/

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