Last month President Biden pledged his full support, voting to replenish Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.

This year, the budget proposal by this administration signals to the world that the administration is not committed to investing in readiness, training, state-of-the-art equipment and technological overmatch.

The budget that we are discussing today, does just that, proposing what is, effectively, a cut in defense spending for 2022.

China seeks hegemony, militarily, technologically, economically, and geopolitically, and is making unprecedented investments to see that to fruition.

Mr. Secretary, President Biden canceled the Keystone Pipeline, eliminating thousands of good-paying jobs here in America.

Despite all this, President Biden's 2022 budget proposes to severely, severely underfund the Department of Defense, potentially jeopardizing our efforts to counter China aggression around the world.

In other words, how do you explain to unemployed Keystone Pipeline workers that Russia's gains from the Nord Stream Pipeline are justified?

The Federal debt is currently over $28 trillion.

The Congressional Budget Office projects debt to reach 102 percent of GDP by the end of this year and 200 percent by 2051 under current policies unless there are changes.

In recent years, activists and others have applied increasing pressure on our Nation's largest banks to withhold offering banking services to certain types of businesses.

However, restricting access to capital for law-abiding companies results in higher costs for consumers and slower economic growth.

global hegemony is a Chinese Communist Party's ultimate aim--we all know that--and they have grown increasingly brazen in their power plays designed to seize that. The bill before the Senate purports to counter Chinese ambition and…