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Rick Scott of Florida lifted his monthslong hold on promotions within the Coast Guard on Thursday, reversing course amid an ongoing conflict with a shipbuilder.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=382\">Trump Administration Deepens Its Ties With UFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott held up hundreds of promotions beginning in April over a dispute involving a government contract with the Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group. The senior senator had blocked the upper chamber\u2019s ability to quickly clear large batches of Coast Guard officers through unanimous consent instead of roll call votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I have said from the beginning, I care deeply about these Coast Guard promotions. Though we\u2019re still not done, I\u2019m lifting these holds as all parties have been working together in good faith and are moving towards an amenable agreement,\u201d Scott said in a statement Thursday, adding that the Coast Guard procurement process still needs fixes.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s block stemmed from concerns about the Coast Guard\u2019s $2.38 billion contract to build new Offshore Patrol Cutter vessels, which was <span><u>awarded to<\/u><\/span> Eastern Shipbuilding Group in 2016 \u2014 and faced <span><u>major setbacks<\/u><\/span> since.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=380\">Former Lobbyist Who Embezzled from PAC Avoids Prison<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the first phase of construction, the company\u2019s original contract to build up to nine ships dropped down to four vessels following damage from Hurricane Michael in 2018. In July 2025, then-Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem canceled the construction of two of the remaining four ships after ESG missed multiple delivery deadlines and could not fulfill its contractual obligations. Four months later, the company <span><u>announced<\/u><\/span> it would stop work on the other two boats \u201cdue to significant financial strain caused by the program\u2019s structure and conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The delivery of the first ship was initially scheduled for 2021, but five years later, no ships have been finished. An Alabama-based builder, Austal USA, was <span>selected<\/span> in 2022 to build up to 11 vessels to complete the fleet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot allow critical shipbuilding projects to languish over budget and behind schedule,\u201d a senior Homeland Security official <span><u>said<\/u><\/span> last July. \u201cThis action redirects resources to where they are most needed, ensuring the Coast Guard remains the finest, most-capable maritime service in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=379\">Man Accused of Killing Minnesota Lawmaker Pleads Guilty in Federal Court<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida senator held up hundreds of promotions in April, barring the Senate from approving them through unanimous consent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sen. 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