Richard Shelby: “Mr. Secretary, in the past 5 years Congress has directly provided the Department of Homeland Security with billions of…”

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

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

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

I am deeply concerned, however, that the administration's failure to direct the appropriate resources to the crisis at the southern border has resulted in shifting the burden to the Guard.