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Rogers concerned a diminished defense budget weakens the Navy

Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of Naval Operations, told Rogers that under President Joe Biden's budget, the Navy’s budget has declined.

June 17, 2021

Sen. Richard Shelby questions officials during defense appropriations hearing

Shelby questioned officials about quantum computing gains and space capabilities, noting U.S. adversaries' own work in those areas.

April 14, 2021

DOD inspector general investigating U.S Space Command HQ selection

In a Friday memorandum, the Inspector General's Office noted its intent to investigate the selection.

February 22, 2021

Shelby votes for package to fund the government, provide COVID relief

The package contains a number of provisions impacting Alabama.

December 22, 2020

Palmer and Sewell vote for NDAA

The bill authorizes $732 billion in discretionary spending for national defense.

December 9, 2020

Auburn-based SiO2 receives federal funds to produce vials for potential COVID-19 vaccine

An Auburn-based company, Si02, seems to have resolved one of the main issues that Bill Gates has been speaking on surrounding the fight to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Si02 has received government funding of $143 million in BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority) investment money. Si02 will be able to produce the needed supply … Continued

June 11, 2020

Legal filings, evidence, witnesses paint a disturbing picture in fraud case against Coleman Moving Company

In the late-2000s, Scot Dannen, the general manager of a Coleman Worldwide Moving facility in Colorado Springs, Co., was approached by one of the company’s truck drivers and asked an odd question. The driver wanted to know where Dannen’s “weight crate” was located, according to testimony Dannen provided under oath in a deposition. Dannen was … Continued

January 22, 2020

Shelby announces Senate passage of national security appropriations package with Alabama priorities

Thursday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, voted to approve the second of two comprehensive appropriations packages together containing all 12 appropriations measures. The bipartisan package, HR1158, was passed in the Senate by a vote of 81 to 11 and completes funding for the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY2020) process. Shelby said that this measure contains funding … Continued

December 20, 2019

Jones votes to confirm Trump Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

Tuesday, U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, voted in favor of the confirmation of Mark Esper’s to be the next Secretary of Defense. “Dr. Esper is well qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense by virtue of his experience serving in the Army, his numerous positions as a Congressional staffer in both the House and Senate, … Continued

July 25, 2019