Richard Shelby: “I am concerned that the budget request for SLS is a sign that NASA intends to advance a funding profile that supports a…”

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

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

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.