Richard Shelby actually said...

"If we rock along like we are doing now, with huge deficits piling up debt after debt----"

"But you also want to do no harm too, do you not? And that is a dangerous thing."

"What are the two top, two or three potential emerging threats as you see it to the financial stability of the United States? I know debt is one."

"Perhaps the most fundamental question left unanswered by the Council is: What is systemic risk?"