Richard Shelby: “We have a right to defend ourselves. Do we not?”

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.

A lot of people, including this Senator, believe that the request is not enough considering the problems in the world.

I am concerned about this--what this communicates to both our allies and our adversaries.

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.