 In response to an inquiry on adverse issues with the program , on February 8 , 2007 , Moosally submitted a statement to the United States House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces regarding Lockheed 's construction of its portion of the LCS contract . In the statement , Moosally stated that the problems with contract completion arose from the addition of new requirements and specifications by the Navy shortly after contract award , material shortages , and " First @-@ of @-@ Class issues associated with the process of transitioning a new ship design into production " . 
