Richard Shelby actually said...

"I believe that once finalized, they will result in the savings of thousands of American jobs."

"I think that we ought to, where there is a HUD investigation involved... we ought to have a clean bill of health from the man before I vote on him."

"If I could answer that, there is a HUD investigation going on, as I understand it from staff, dealing with the RESPA and some of the companies."

"What I deem conflicts of interest, the Federal Government is now the principal labor, environmental, and safety regulator..."