Richard Shelby actually said...

"It is my understanding, although it has not yet passed Congress, that the Conference Report for the appropriations bill is probably going to contain or will contain a compromise on conforming loan lim..."

"If at any point during the last 3 years the administration and the majority party had done more than talk about the need for reform, we might be looking at a very different picture in the housing mark..."

"Did Secretary Geithner or any of his representatives at Treasury express disapproval of the final structure of the executive compensation arrangement that you had proposed?"

"If Congress had acted, a comprehensive solution could have been devised to deal with foreclosures and struggling homeowners."