Richard Shelby actually said...

"it seems to me that is a pretty fundamental part of our Government."

"I think you need to go back and look at them if you do not believe it is lack of accountability."

"What is critical here is not just checks and balances for the sense of checks and balances. It is checks and balances so that this exercise of Government power by this entity in the end answers to the..."

"I think this was a gross misstep."