WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Defense, announced that she secured key funding and language for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Department of Defense Appropriations Act. By a bipartisan vote of 27-1, this measure advanced through the markup of the FY24 Defense appropriations bill--an important step that now allow more PR