Richard Shelby actually said...

"I came on this Committee for one reason. I knew how important the infrastructure challenge was in this country and in this Congress."

"We can't rest on that. A lot of it is crumbling, as you know. Our population is growing."

"We have to address our infrastructure inadequacies."

"How do you balance that with the concerns of not exporting things that are so important to our national security with ordinary commerce?"