Increase ship maintenance availabilities in Hampton Roads to provide predictable and steady work for public and private shipyards.

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott · Virginia · Democratic

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 96%

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Occurrences

Bobby is committed to increasing ship maintenance availabilities here in Hampton Roads to make sure that our public and private shipyards have predictable and steady work.

Commits to expanding ship maintenance work in Hampton Roads so local shipyards have steadier workloads.

Newport News Shipyard — Bobby Scott for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

A PIA is a scheduled period for an aircraft carrier to undergo extensive maintenance, repairs and modernization. The project team mustered more than 4,000 people daily and executed more than 25,000 resource days of new work, with the shipyard stating that its early delivery was the second consecutive early finish of an aircraft carrier availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

Shows substantial ongoing maintenance workload in Hampton Roads and successful completion of a major availability, but it does not establish that Scott's promise to increase availabilities was fulfilled as a policy outcome.

unresolved same_term

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower completes Planned Incremental Availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 86%

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Norfolk Naval Shipyard successfully undocked USS John Warner in March 2026, meeting a major milestone in the Virginia-class submarine's Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA).

Confirms another active maintenance availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard during the lookback window, but it is a routine milestone rather than proof that the broader commitment to expand predictable work has been delivered.

unresolved same_term

USS John Warner (SSN 785) Undocks at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 83%

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Assessments

unresolved unknown

The evidence shows major ship maintenance availabilities occurring at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Hampton Roads in 2026, including carrier and submarine work. However, it does not establish that availabilities increased, became more predictable, or provided steadier work as a policy outcome attributable to Bobby Scott. It also does not show a specific legislative or executive action by Scott that materially advanced the promised increase. Routine or individual maintenance milestones are insufficient to confirm fulfillment of the broader campaign promise.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%