Richard Shelby: “I think we should make changes. What I am not interested in making changes is groups of people coming in saying, 'Get…”

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

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.

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.

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