Richard Shelby: “This program has not been the promised downpayment on economic prosperity and I think it can hardly be described as…”

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.

today I come to the Senate floor for what will probably be one of my last times--perhaps not my last time but close. I want to start off by thanking the people of Alabama, my home State. They have put their trust in me for more than 50…

We also need a strong Army to deter China and respond to provocations, Iran, North Korea, and radical extremist groups.

In a fiscal environment with 8.5 percent inflation, the Department's budget request equates to a cut to our national defense at a time of unprecedented security risks.