Richard Shelby: “You cannot let the market run ahead of you, can they?”

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.

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.

the numbers at the southern border were merely a seasonal surge, but the numbers have only continued to get worse.