Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is 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 Appropriations and was previously the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs from 2003 to 2007. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby received his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in Birmingham, where he...
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Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is 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 Appropriations and was previously the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs from 2003 to 2007. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby received his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in Birmingham, where he...