Richard Shelby actually said...

This is not because the Federal Government is throwing money at it. It is happening because it makes good economic sense, I believe, for companies to locate their facilities here.

Context

Shelby emphasizes the resurgence of manufacturing as a market-driven success, not government-funded.

04/10/2013

https://www.congress.gov...

More Richard Shelby Quotes

This year, the budget proposal by this administration signals to the world that the administration is not committed to investing in readines...
6/16/2021
The budget that we are discussing today, does just that, proposing what is, effectively, a cut in defense spending for 2022.
6/16/2021
The world is complex--is a complex and dangerous place, and we all know that you understand the magnitude of the challenges that we face fro...
6/16/2021
I think this budget specifically starts doing that in very explicit ways with explicit programs.
6/16/2021

View All Richard Shelby Quotes