Richard Shelby: “Are we going to repeat this again? Are we going down that same road? Have we learned anything?”

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.

A complex and evolving security environment requires a serious commitment to our national defense.

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.

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.