Richard Shelby: “I believe she is highly qualified, and I would think that the sooner the Senate got through the hearing and confirmed…”

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.

A complex and evolving security environment requires a serious commitment to our national defense.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.