Richard Shelby: “We need to know that we have a real cop on the beat, not just one in uniform standing on a corner.”

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.

I, along with many others, want to thank Senator Pat Leahy for a remarkable 48 years of service here in the Senate. As chairman of the Appropriations, Judiciary, and Agriculture Committees and President pro tempore of the Senate, I believe…

With inflation at the highest levels we've seen in 40 years, the request represents a cut from the 2022 level.

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