Coast Guard Bill Sails Through Bill to Renegotiate Eastern Shipbuilding Contract Passes US Senate Committee
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BCSO: ARSONIST SENT VIDEOS TO VICTIM LOCAL | A3 PANAMA CITY LOCAL & STATE | A3 BAY DISTRICT HOLDING BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT Thursday, August 1, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ Coast Guard bill sails through Bill to renegotiate Eastern Shipbuilding contract passes US Senate committee By Patrick McCreless The bill, which received bill should help the project Capabilities Act as part of the be delayed by years, Rubio’s [email protected] bipartisan support in the get back on track after the Coast Guard Reauthoriza- office warned. @PCNHPatrickM Senate Committee on hurricane to create hundreds tion Act of 2019. Rubio’s bill “Continuing authorizations Commerce, Science and of new jobs that are needed would give the Coast Guard for the Coast Guard to protect PANAMA CITY — A bill Transportation, would let more than ever as the area the authority to renegotiate Florida’s waterways and our needed to continue a long- the Coast Guard renegotiate recovers from the Category 5 the contract with Eastern nation’s homeland security awaited multi-billion-dollar its $10.5 billion contract with storm, some officials say. Shipbuilding to construct is imperative,” Rubio said in Coast Guard shipbuilding Eastern Shipbuilding Group According to a Wednesday the first series of up to 25 the press release. “I applaud project in Panama City sailed to account for higher labor news release, the committee offshore patrol cutters. With- the Senate Commerce through a U.S. Senate com- costs and shortages caused approved U.S. Sen. Marco out a way to renegotiate the mittee on Wednesday. by Hurricane Michael. The Rubio’s Restore Coast Guard contract, the project could See CONTRACT, A6 Club is wheel fortunate SPORTS | B1 5 QUESTIONS FSU MUST ANSWER AT FALL CAMP Federal Reserve cuts key rate Aft er fi rst cut since 2008, Powell leaves uncertainty over the possibility of Boys and Girls Club members climb into a new Toyota Sienna at Lucille Moore Elementary School on Wednesday. Bridgestone’s charity Driving more coming in Great Futures awarded a grant to the club to purchase the van. [JOSHUA BOUCHER PHOTOS/THE NEWS HERALD] the future By Martin Crutsinger Boys and Girls Club unveils new van bought using Bridgestone grant The Associated Press WASHINGTON — By Joshua Boucher The Federal Reserve [email protected] cut its key interest rate Wednesday for the first PANAMA CITY — When time in a decade to try the Boys and Girls Club of to counter the impact Bay County recently received of President Donald a grant for a new van, it sur- Trump’s trade wars, prised Urbriah Edwards, even stubbornly low inflation though she helped apply for and global weakness. it. It left open the pos- Months ago, Edwards and sibility of future rate other staff members at the cuts, but perhaps not as Boys and Girls Club made a many as Wall Street had video showing the extensive been hoping for. During damage the Boys and Girls a news conference, Clubs of Bay County suffered Chairman Jerome Powell at the hands of Hurricane struggled to find just the Michael. The video and an right words to articu- application for a new mini- late the Fed’s strategy van was sent to Driving Great and what might prompt Futures, Bridgestone’s char- future rate cuts at a time ity benefiting Boys and Girls when the risk of a reces- Clubs nationwide. sion in the United States Edwards said it was so long seems relatively low. ago that she forgot she and “Powell appeared very her colleagues applied for a reluctant to suggest that Boys and Girls Club members watch as a new Toyota Sienna is given to the club at Lucille Moore See VAN, A6 Elementary School on Wednesday. See RATE, A6 Panama City News Herald Business ....................... A9 Obituaries ..................... A5 TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Want to subscribe? Diversions ..................... B6 Sports ....................... B1-4 Stray t-storm A t-storm Stray t-storm Call 850-747-5050 Local & State .............. A3-5 Viewpoints ................... 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