Richard Shelby: “Let's put a cop on that beat so that the spectacular failure of consumer protection at the root of this mess is never…”

I remain concerned that the Air Force budget request is insufficient considering the needed modernization across the inventory with a rapidly evolving threat.

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.

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.