05/13/2023
https://www.nbcnews.com...
"We must be clear-eyed that this budget request would represent a real cut in funding for the Department of Defense as it fails to keep pace with inflation."
"Unfortunately, there is far too many people here who believe that government shutdowns are the way this place should work."
"We are running against some real-time issues if we are going to get these replaced in the three ICBM bases by 2036."
"The truth is, is that those additional investments also include people's lives if we don't do what we need to do today."