“Rebuild U.S. military power by making generational investments in defense infrastructure, including reconstituting the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard with skilled jobs.”
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All four cited sources are reachable, valid, and support the outcome. CHAMPIONED is upheld: McCormick demonstrated real leadership beyond voting — he introduced the Ready Reserve Force Modernization Accountability Act with Sen. Kelly directing a 10-ship new-build program at U.S. shipyards (Times Leader, headline verbatim); worked to include FY2026 NDAA provisions to expand the Philly Shipyard's capacity (McCormick Senate/Hanwha release, quote verbatim); and convened the 2026 Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit that catalyzed >$10B in investment and ~5,000 jobs, including the $2.5B, 1,350-job Rhoads/General Dynamics agreement at the Philadelphia Navy Yard (McCormick Senate Summit release + WITF, verbatim). Confidence is held at 0.77 because (1) the historic federal Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (closed 1996) is not literally being re-established as a government yard — the effort revitalizes the private Hanwha shipyard and Navy Yard campus; (2) much of the jobs/investment is projected through 2035, so this is leadership-driven work in progress, not a completed outcome — which is why CHAMPIONED (not FULL) is the correct rating; and (3) the Summit-release quote is not verbatim (cited "4,000+ Pennsylvania Jobs" vs. the current page's "Nearly 5,000"), though the discrepancy is an upward jobs revision of the same release, not a fabrication, and the substance is fully supported.
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