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
Throughout the life of this investigation, I have taken the position that I never knowingly disclosed any classified information. My position has not changed,
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.
We believe we have crafted a bill that reflects the priorities of the committee as well as those of the entire Senate,
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,
The process of what happened and how it happened was very troubling, and I think it tainted the whole situation.
There are thousands of these surface-to-air missiles around the world.
We had no specific warning of the United States being attacked, although people have alluded to that before,
I wish ... that the administration would agree to declassify a lot more of the report. Seventy percent -- or whatever the figure is -- is not enough. Probably you could go and declassify 90, 95 percent of it without any harm at all to national security. That would be my considered judgment.
I think they're beginning to ... but they waited a long time. They could have done more immediately, ... Meet the Press.
The American people fear there is some gouging going on.
I would like for them to be our ally, but you can't have it both ways, ... Meet the Press.
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?
Otherwise the taxpayer is going to ultimately underwrite everybody's risk,
I think what you will see as these hearings come on and information dribbles out is a failure, big time, in communication between the agencies, ... We have to do better.