Richard Shelby: “I just want to thank the panel, all of you, for your service to the country.”

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

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.

Because the administration has refused to fund the construction of a comprehensive barrier along the border, it has been compelled to send the National Guard to deal with the consequences.

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.