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
I think they're beginning to ... but they waited a long time. They could have done more immediately, ... Meet the Press.
Saddam Hussein has been tenacious in his pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and, unless he is removed from power, he will eventually harm our nation and our allies. Every moment we delay allows him to grow stronger.
Let's follow the money, ... If we follow the money, we're going to get to the truth, and I think the truth will not be very nice.
We must also look for ways to reduce mandatory spending which comprises more than two-thirds of the federal budget.
We had no specific warning of the United States being attacked, although people have alluded to that before,
This nomination brings controversy to an agency that's at a crucial, critical time in its history,
Throughout the life of this investigation, I have taken the position that I never knowingly disclosed any classified information. My position has not changed,
There are thousands of these surface-to-air missiles around the world.
We've got a meeting next week with the attorney general, and we're going to carry it all the way to the White House if we have to, because this inquiry has to be done,
What do you gain by leaving someone in a very sensitive position for so many years?
What we've got to do is find the truth.
We believe we have crafted a bill that reflects the priorities of the committee as well as those of the entire Senate,
The process of what happened and how it happened was very troubling, and I think it tainted the whole situation.