Richard Shelby actually said...

the agency needs a new ship, because the fleet is aging, as you pointed out.

Senator Shelby discusses the necessity of a new ocean research vessel due to aging fleet.

02/25/2015

More Richard Shelby Quotes

But we cannot have a gap to occur in our reconnaissance and everything in our intelligence gathering, can we?

The nation that has the technological advantage has a great advantage.

Congress has directed the Department of Defense to transition from the use of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines.

I do not believe we have our hands around that yet. It is an ongoing deal.