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Richard Shelby

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Richard Shelby is a former United States Senator from Alabama, serving from January 3, 1987, until January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Shelby was known for his work on various committees, including Appropriations and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Throughout his tenure, he focused on issues such as military funding, economic development, and infrastructure improvements in Alabama.

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Feb 25, 2015

We look forward to working with you to make sure that the Justice Department is properly funded.

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Feb 25, 2015

We look forward to working with you. And we've requested a lot of information, that I'm sure you will make sure it's forthcoming.

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Feb 25, 2015

I feel very strongly about it. And when I say I didn't want to run again because I didn't want to raise money, but raise hell, this is one of the areas that I am going to raise hell about.

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Feb 25, 2015

In the detailed portion of the 2016 budget for SLS, NASA only proposes development funds, as I understand it, through 2018 for an upper stage engine with no funding beyond that date.

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Feb 25, 2015

The shortened season was very disconcerting to me and to thousands of fishermen in the Gulf.

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Feb 25, 2015

We need to hear how you've made progress and how we cannot have boondoggles again.

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Feb 25, 2015

I really need to hear these answers, because I feel, do we have a balanced space program or not.

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Feb 25, 2015

But generally, these kind of programs cost billions of dollars.

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Feb 25, 2015

I believe, and I would hope you would agree, that this is unacceptable.

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Feb 25, 2015

We are going to have to ask the right and tough questions.

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Feb 25, 2015

This request represents a significant increase in spending at a time when America is still living within a constrained budget.

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Feb 25, 2015

Some specifics. The JPSS currently has an overall cost cap of $11.3 billion.

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