Richard Shelby: “The goal should be to scale back the Government's role in mortgage finance and promote the return of private capital.”

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

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

I remain concerned that the Air Force budget request is insufficient considering the needed modernization across the inventory with a rapidly evolving threat.