Richard Shelby actually said...

"What has bothered a lot of people in this country for a long time, that when you enforce something and people pay huge fines--huge--and they do it without admitting any wrongdoing, either criminal or ..."

"I would like to direct this, first, to Chairman White. It seems in recent months that the SEC has become a lot more aggressive on its enforcement, which I think is more than welcome in this country."

"We treat Siemens no different than we would treat General Electric. They make the goods here. They employ Americans."

"But that is an untapped source we have, I believe, in America."