Richard Shelby actually said...

"The Commission's statutory mission was, and I will quote, 'to examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States.'"

"I have been on the Committee 25 years and I can say under both Democrats and Republican chairmen that my recollection is that it has been one of fairness both ways on this Committee, and I believe it ..."

"I think those are important, because, Mr. Chairman, we are looking for a bipartisan deal here, as you well know."

"Prosecutors ought to take a close look."