Richard Shelby: “The reason that the NAV is solid at a dollar and not a gimmick or whatever is precisely because of the portfolios and…”

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.

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.

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

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