Richard Shelby actually said...

I believe myself that they have utterly failed as a regulator, utterly, because most of our Wall Street banks that got in trouble, and some of them are in trouble today, still, were regulated by the Federal Reserve.

Context

Shelby criticizes the Federal Reserve's regulatory failures regarding Wall Street banks.

03/25/2009

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