Richard Shelby: “The Madoff fraud is disturbing, as Senator Dodd said, on several different levels.”

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.

A lot of people, including this Senator, believe that the request is not enough considering the problems in the world.

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.

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.