Richard Shelby: “no one in the White House or so far a majority in the Congress, is willing to step up to the plate.”

on Roy Blunt, I first met him when he was a whip in the House. We had some kind of conference going, and I thought: My gosh, he can count votes. He is the whip. He can count votes in the conference, too, and so forth. And then, when he…

In a fiscal environment with 8.5 percent inflation, the Department's budget request equates to a cut to our national defense at a time of unprecedented security risks.

We also need a strong Army to deter China and respond to provocations, Iran, North Korea, and radical extremist groups.

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 the Navy and everything else.