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Shelby Announces Nearly $5.5 Million in Grants for Alabama Community Colleges

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama on Thursday announced that the Department of Education has awarded $5,411,597 in Educational Talent Search Program grants to Alabama Community Colleges. Senator Shelby said, “Investing in the education of young Americans is of primary importance.  These grants will help advance some of … Continued
July 18, 2012

Roby and Shelby Warns of Democrats Who Would Force a Recession to Raise Taxes

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery warned on Facebook that some Democrats were willing to trigger a second recession in order to get their way on a massive new tax increase. Representative Roby said, “We must avoid any tactics from those willing to “plunge the nation back into recession” … Continued
July 18, 2012

Shelby and Bentley Praise Passage of RESTORE Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama applauded the final Senate approval of a bicameral legislative package that includes the RESTORE Act. The RESTORE Act a Senate bill that was attached to the transportation bill which will help Gulf States continue the long-term recovery from the effects of the … Continued
July 5, 2012

Shelby Discusses Financial Problems Facing Servicemen

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama made comments about banking abuses involving servicemen at a Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing on empowering and protecting service members and their families in the consumer financial marketplace, Tuesday. Senator Shelby said, ““One problem is the disruption caused by … Continued
July 2, 2012

Shelby Opposes Increased Spending on Obamacare

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, United States Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama told a Senate Subcommittee: “I firmly support the full repeal of ObamaCare and will not support a Labor/HHS Appropriations bill that includes further discretionary funding for the program.”  Senator Shelby is the Ranking Republican Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on … Continued
June 14, 2012

Shelby Tells Bank Regulators That Their Job is to Protect the Taxpayers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter United States Senator Richard Shelby released comments that he made in a Wednesday meeting of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, where he is the ranking Republican Member.  Testifying before the Committee that day were: the Acting Chairman of the FDIC Gruenberg, the Director of the … Continued
June 12, 2012

Shelby Says that FHA has Been Woefully Neglected

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Richard C. Shelby (R) from Alabama released a written statement with his remarks made at a hearing on housing finance reform.  Sen. Shelby is the ranking Republican member of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Sen. Shelby said, “Our fragile housing market faces numerous challenges. … Continued
May 30, 2012

Could Eurozone Lose Greece?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In an interview with Newsmax, New York real estate magnate, Donald Trump said that Greece needs to leave the Eurozone. Donald Trump said, “I think Greece and these other countries made a terrible mistake by giving up their currency because Greece wouldn’t have this problem if they had their … Continued
May 29, 2012

Shelby Critical of Federal Financial Regulators

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Senator Richard Shelby (R) issued a written statement critical of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and its Chairman Gary Gensler.  Sen. Shelby’s remarks were made at a hearing of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs discussing derivatives reform.  The senior Senator from Alabama is the … Continued
May 29, 2012

Shelby Says It’s Time to Get Serious About Fixing the Housing Market

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday May 8, 2012, Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama spoke before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs about the housing crisis which has gripped the nation since the middle of 2008.  Senator Shelby is the ranking Republican on the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. … Continued
May 10, 2012