In exercising discretion--in exercising the power that this office has and that the agency has in this and a number of other very important issues, first and foremost I have got to look at it through the screen, if you will, of role as conservator.
Shelby seeks assurance on prioritizing taxpayer protection in agency decisions.
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I am deeply concerned, however, that the administration's failure to direct the appropriate resources to the crisis at the southern border has resulted in shifting the burden to the Guard.
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.
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.
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