Richard Shelby: “But we are all taking a chainsaw to our budget right now to a certain extent because of our failure to act.”

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.

We have got to get our arms, one, around the inflation first, and then try to boost our defense capabilities in a dangerous world.

The Department of Navy has played and will continue to play a critical role in the defense of our Nation.