The panel connects the cutter-frigate proposal with the jobs and industrial work attached to a shipyard's location. Participants discuss congressional committee responsibilities and local employment as possible reasons for support for continued procurement. They also distinguish restarting a production line from placing an order on a line that is still operating. Hiring people and preparing infrastructure can bring local expenditure before a ship is completed, while continuing orders sustain a longer period of work. The discussion ends by noting the small number of US yards able to undertake major military construction. Its claim about protection from cancellation remains the panel's interpretation of those circumstances.
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Shipyard geography in the panel's procurement argument
Shipyard employment, committee responsibilities, production restart costs, and limited construction capacity enter the panel's account of procurement support.