Richard Shelby: “The jury is still out on the value of the settlement.”

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.

a lot of untrained men in this circumstance might be called into training and exercises that they aren't prepared for

We have got to get our arms, one, around the inflation first, and then try to boost our defense capabilities in a dangerous world.

I am pleased this afternoon to commend Mr. Francisco J. Collazo of Grant, AL, for his contributions to our great country and to the State of Alabama. Born in 1931 in Puerto Rico, Mr. Collazo joined the Army at 15 years of age. He had an…