Setting aside for a moment the specific issues related to the transit title of the authorization bill, I want to speak briefly about what I believe is the most significant issue surrounding the reauthorization of SAFETEA: the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.
Senator Shelby highlights the importance of the Highway Trust Fund's solvency in reauthorization discussions.
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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.
And let's not forget China as it continues to build military capability and capacity at an unprecedented pace.
Russia's launched multiple hypersonic weapons as part of their invasion of the Ukraine and China is continuing to develop its own hypersonic weapons.
In the area of hypersonics, General, I'll address this to you, we're all pleased to learn that the Army will field its first hypersonic battery in 2023, but we all are concerned and have been a long time about the progress that China and…
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