Richard Shelby actually said...

"As we learned from the most recent financial crisis and this particular incident, regulators do not always meet our expectations."

"I disagree that less supervision and less regulation will magically make the system less risky."

"The American public, I believe, has a right to know whether these trades threatened or could have threatened the solvency of the bank."

"A lot of us--maybe not everybody, but a lot of us are worried about the taxpayer and bailouts and future bailouts."