Richard Shelby: “I have got to go to an appropriations hearing to deal with the FBI in a few minutes and I wondered if I could ask that…”

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

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

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

Because the administration has refused to fund the construction of a comprehensive barrier along the border, it has been compelled to send the National Guard to deal with the consequences.