KELLY,SENATE DEFENSE DEMOCRATS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM HEGSETH AFTER REPORTS OF CRISIS ABOARD USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:

Senators: "Our sailors and Marines signed up to serve and to be treated with respect. They did not sign up to be kept at sea indefinitely with no announced return date and, by multiple accounts, without reliable food, hot water, or working plumbing."

Arizona SenatorMark Kelly, Navy combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), alongside allSASCDemocratsand theDemocratic leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Defense,demandedanswersfromSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth about deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, following reports that the aircraft carrier's crew has endured food and water shor...