Richard Shelby actually said...

"The Federal Government, I believe, should give States the flexibility to implement critical reforms as identified on the State and local level."

"It is unacceptable to all of us."

"The unsustainable growth in the costs of the Pell Grant program continues to be an anchor dragging down the entire budget for the Department of Education."

"The banks are in good shape. But they were not. They were undercapitalized and in a lot of instances not well managed."