Richard Shelby actually said...

"Had we recognized this at the outset and addressed each problem by order of priority and in a coordinated fashion, I believe our response would have been more effective and made better use of taxpayer..."

"I want to shift to AIG."

"I expressed serious reservations about this plan because I did not believe that a massive and crude bailout bill was the most prudent course of action."

"We believe that it is not the job of the Federal Government to be micromanaging companies."