Richard Shelby actually said...

Widespread overreliance on ratings meant that the effects of poor quality or inadequately updated ratings could ripple through the markets.

this crisis has revealed that our Nation's 'too-big-to-fail' problem is much worse than many thought.

We need a mechanism that can resolve very large financial organizations in a way that is orderly, that protects the rest from any systemic i...

We recognize the role of the Treasury to set some policy for financial regulation. But ultimately, it is going to be the Congress up here.