Rather than keeping pace with the threat from China, the President's budget would let them lap us.
All of this invites a tremendous amount of risk and the risk won't be mitigated for years.
It is clear that DOD's equipment stocks could prove vital if a similar situation were to arise in the Pacific and Taiwan.
I plan to work with my colleagues to try to address this problem.
To the extent that is humanly possible, that stuff should be produced in the United States and under our control.
I understand that and support your attempts to modernize U.S. Air Force to tomorrow's challenges but concerned about the price in terms of a...
We also need a strong Army to deter China and respond to provocations, Iran, North Korea, and radical extremist groups.
Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine has made some of the Army's capabilities into household names, like the Javelin, the Stinger, and so fort...
What is the biggest challenge here? Is it lack of interest? Is it lack of - something?
the Ukraine, of course, is fighting hard to repel Putin's misguided, I think, and poorly-executed invasion.
I'm concerned, and I think I'm joined by a lot of others in the Senate and the House, about the impact inflation is having on the Army and t...
I'm also concerned that inflation will reduce the Army's buying power.
In the area of hypersonics, General, I'll address this to you, we're all pleased to learn that the Army will field its first hypersonic batt...
As you know, the whole Defense request looks ludicrous to probably the majority of the House and the Senate.
With inflation at the highest levels we've seen in 40 years, the request represents a cut from the 2022 level.
the budget seems to focus more on climate change and a vague equity agenda while making the current border crisis worse.
Each crossing lines the pockets of some ruthless cartel that are poisoning our country and my state of West Virginia with drugs like fentany...
the numbers at the southern border were merely a seasonal surge, but the numbers have only continued to get worse.
