Richard Shelby: “I believe that the core mission of NASA is to build cutting-edge systems that will allow us to expand our knowledge of…”

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

A lot of people, including this Senator, believe that the request is not enough considering the problems in the world.

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

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.