Richard Shelby actually said...

Is it mind boggling to you, as you did your research and investigation here, that a fraud of such magnitude, $50 billion or more--I assume o...

I strongly believe that the credit rating agencies played a pivotal role in the collapse of our financial markets.

Widespread overreliance on ratings meant that the effects of poor quality or inadequately updated ratings could ripple through the markets.

Is it possible that ratings for certain instruments, such as more traditional bonds we have talked about, have a greater value as benchmarks...