Richard Shelby: “I must say candidly that I was shocked when I realized how this legislation will actually work.”

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.

I am concerned about this--what this communicates to both our allies and our adversaries.

Russia's launched multiple hypersonic weapons as part of their invasion of the Ukraine and China is continuing to develop its own hypersonic weapons.

A complex and evolving security environment requires a serious commitment to our national defense.