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 do believe it's a lot more flexible, but it ought to be done and done right, ... Often times we have to dig down and deal with terrorists or would-be terrorists, someone probably as bad as these people.
I am concerned about this regime remaining in power,
This is just the beginning, I believe, of more terrorist attacks -- not only in Indonesia, but elsewhere in the world, ... Everywhere, including the United States, will be at risk.
Most banks can sell your information-your balances, your address, your Social Security number-without your permission. That's violating your confidentiality. That's breaking your trust. I think it's important to change that, don't you?
I think the basic tenet that we learned is a lack of coordination and sharing of information, different cultures in the community of intelligence. We have done our job, and now we have got to do more legislatively and the people who run the intelligence community have got to do theirs.
I believe it will be some time before we have a true understanding of the actual damages and recovery needs in the region, ... We have already acted and will continue to act in the Senate, on both sides of the aisle, to make sure the victims have everything they need to be made whole, to be back on their feet, make no mistake about it.
How we do it, when we do it, I don't know and I'm not even sure the president knows,
I plan to work with the Senate leadership and my colleagues to develop a comprehensive approach to address and ultimately pay for this reconstruction effort. I am willing to do my part, but it is essential that we all reexamine and reprioritize our spending as a result of this natural disaster.
The reports are all preliminary, but we hope to know more in the next few hours, ... They didn't totally connect it, but they didn't rule it out.
It's a sad day for security, ... What is it going to take?
Whether due to a lack of resources or other pressing priorities, mutual fund abuses simply did not receive adequate attention from the SEC,
We must also look for ways to reduce mandatory spending which comprises more than two-thirds of the federal budget.
We all have the concerns that we need to spend more and more money at home helping our own people.
What is the role of the CIA? Is it to enforce policies? is it to be an arbitrator? Is it to be bodyguards? I think not.