Richard Shelby: “I am particularly interested in the subject matter of this hearing.”

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.

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…

And let's not forget China as it continues to build military capability and capacity at an unprecedented pace.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.