Richard Shelby actually said...

"A complex and evolving security environment requires a serious commitment to our national defense."

"Russia's launched multiple hypersonic weapons as part of their invasion of the Ukraine and China is continuing to develop its own hypersonic weapons."

"I remain concerned that the Air Force budget request is insufficient considering the needed modernization across the inventory with a rapidly evolving threat."

"the Ukraine, of course, is fighting hard to repel Putin's misguided, I think, and poorly-executed invasion."