Richard Shelby actually said...

"I expressed to you at our hearing in January my apprehension about the President's Clemency Initiative."

"That is the law right now, isn't it?"

"I find it hard to believe that the President could spotlight his commitment to reducing gun violence in America when his administration is granting clemency petitions for criminals convicted of gun cr..."

"I continue to have significant reservations about the potential abuses and harassment of law-abiding gun owners and purchasers."