Richard Shelby: “I worked closely last year with the Governmental Affairs Committee to help draft the provisions of the Homeland Security…”

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.

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.

Putin's actions have created the largest humanitarian crisis in modern Europe while his forces attempt to consolidate their territorial gains in eastern Ukraine.

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