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
We've got to finish the job. Otherwise, the damage that they did two years ago
We don't need another nuclear power -- not with Iran sponsoring terrorism that it has in the past. The fact that they are seemingly pursuing an avenue to build nuclear weapons should be disturbing to everybody.
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,
We knew that it was going to be a lot of money and it was going to take a lot of time,
The question is, 'Will he lead rather than follow?'
I support the president 100 percent - when hes right.
I never apologize for my efforts to support worthy projects that Alabama.
We have got to be a hell of a lot more aggressive.
It has become increasingly clear to me that the White House is not interested in good-faith negotiations.
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?