Richard Shelby actually said...

"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."

"Citigroup has received more than $300 billion in financial support from the Federal Government."

"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..."