Given the commitment and given where we are at in our national security needs, I think the President made the right call.

I am very concerned that the Taliban will overrun the democratically elected government soon after we withdraw.

To Secretary Raimondo, the American Jobs Plan proposes an expenditure of $50 billion...

Do you agree with me that there's a lot more private capital looking for good investment?

There had better be a plan for that, and I expect the administration to explain it to us as soon as possible.

the American Jobs Plan promises to position the U.S. to outcompete China by providing massive subsidies to grow domestic manufacturing capabilities in certain segments of the economy.

That's the only way we're going to really move things for the American people.

I think we need to do both always. We've got to look to the future but we've got to see where we are today.

today, I want to talk about two very important topics to America and to the folks back home in Alabama: President Biden's so-called infrastructure proposal and his proposed budget for the Department of Defense. Now, I know infrastructure…

With the stroke of his pen, President Biden canceled more than the Keystone XL pipeline. He canceled the jobs of over 1,000 men and women. Each one of these jobs is a real person with real hopes for themselves and their families who are…

I think it is important that we understand that if we continue to put politics and make more things free for these kids, it is going to be hard for them to really understand the importance of it.

I believe that the committee should continue its strong support for European Deterrence Initiative, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, and other programs to build our capacity in Europe and empower our partners.

I think it is a total right for every kid in this country to have a quality education, especially in secondary education.

European Command and our NATO allies are facing an increasingly belligerent Russia and a growing Chinese influence in their operations.

I think it is time that people begin to speak up for energy and economic justice for all people, all low-income people, in particular.

We should be more concerned about raising the baseline of our partners' capabilities in Eastern Europe than about Vladimir Putin's ego.

It is important for the committee to continue our bipartisan support of these programs.

That is why I greatly was disappointed with the President's top-line budget number of $715 billion requested for DOD, which constitutes a nearly $5 billion cut in real dollars.