Richard Shelby
Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelbyis the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he is the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby received his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated in 1961. After law school, he went on to serve as city prosecutor. During this period he worked as a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 May 1934
CountryUnited States of America
Mister Secretary, you should be here today, of all people,
He should step down, ... Face the Nation.
Everywhere, including the United States, will be at risk.
I think that people are concerned about the ethical problems here,
If you're going to move to private accounts, which I approve of, (you) have to do it in a cautious, gradual way,
The local tool rental place has a much better idea of where their tools are.
the implicit message is that there will be more, not less, of these kinds of things that will pop up.
It would be embarrassing, I think, to a lot of people there, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
He passed the buck to no one. He accepted it in the mold of President Truman. He admitted a lot. He admitted that no one was prepared. And that means the federal government, the state and the local governments. He was very, very honest, upfront. I think this is a new beginning.
That's a dicey proposition right now. I don't know how you can create a Palestinian state at the moment with all of the violence that's going on, all of the terrorist attacks,
A sizable portion of properties continue to receive insurance rates that are far from actuarially sound,
Following Hurricane Katrina, state Medicaid agencies, including Alabama's, have been significantly strained as they work to meet the needs of residents and evacuees from other areas, ... This legislation is important as it provides the much-needed federal assistance for hurricane-affected states.
I share the president's commitment to bolstering the American economy, and I support his plan for targeted tax relief.
I would like to know how it could take us 10 years, dozens of lives, numerous lawsuits, substantial consumer complaints, tire replacements overseas and repeated expressions of concern by an insurance company before any action was taken to initiate an investigation into the safety of a product being used by millions of American families. Simply put - the American people deserve better.