Richard Shelby: “Thank you, Madam Chairman, for your indulgence.”

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.

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.

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.

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