Richard Shelby actually said...

"this might be important or something like this, but that straightening out the banking system, bringing trust, making loans to the communities, I mean the people in the communities, was 1,000 times mo..."

"I hope you will not, once you flesh out your concept, it will be a TARP II or something like it. If it is, you are headed down the wrong road again."

"Unvarnished."

"the financial system remains badly damaged, and the economy has deteriorated sharply as it has become clear that TARP is not the magic bullet its supporters, Mr. Secretary, claimed it would be."