Richard Shelby: “In recent years, exports have only accounted--listen to this--for 12 percent of our GDP.”

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The senior Senator from Alabama.

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…

Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine has made some of the Army's capabilities into household names, like the Javelin, the Stinger, and so forth.

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.