WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, on Thursday released the following statement:

“I am deeply disappointed in the GAO’s decision to deny Sikorsky’s protest of the FLRAA award. For the past four months, the Army has stonewalled every request for a substantive briefing on this contract, and I still have many unanswered questions. As a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, I’m going to make sure Congress fulfills its constitutional obligation to be a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars. That duty includes finally getting answers about why this contract leaves Americans on the hook for an overpriced and inferior tiltrotor that could put our men and women in uniform at risk.”

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