Richard Shelby: “This could be a real, real problem to all of us; could it not?”

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.

Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine has made some of the Army's capabilities into household names, like the Javelin, the Stinger, and so forth.

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

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