Richard Shelby actually said...

"I do not know why you would need it."

"I believe she is highly qualified, and I would think that the sooner the Senate got through the hearing and confirmed her to the credit union, somebody would be in control over there."

"By overcounting here, undercounting there, [census] manipulation could take place for sole political gain."

"But whatever we say or do policywise, or you implement the policy, if the market doesn't respond to it favorably, it is not going to work, is it?"