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 share the president's commitment to bolstering the American economy, and I support his plan for targeted tax relief.
All of us want to see the details of any legislative plan if there's going to be a legislative response, but Congress, I believe, is in the mood to do whatever it takes to win this war against terrorism.
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.
I know the director over there is in denial, but I believe he's totally wrong, and facts will be brought out to prove that,
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.
The fact you might capture part of the king's bodyguard doesn't mean you've got the king.
I'm going to support the president, and I believe there will be about 70 or 80 senators that will do the same.
I'm going to do whatever I can to help, ... Selma is going to really shine.
It's very important that we bring credibility, which is integrity, to our capital markets. And we're going to have to do this by strengthening in a big way our accounting profession.
It leads you to ask the question: Was it politically expedient not to pursue information like this? Should it have been pursued in earlier years? Should it have been pursued before now? I'd say yes,
Everywhere, including the United States, will be at risk.
The message has to be that we're gonna hunt you down and we're gonna find you and we're gonna make you pay that price, ... We're not gonna let you attack our people innocent people and walk away, because if we do there will be more attacks.
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.
We all have the concerns that we need to spend more and more money at home helping our own people.