Richard Shelby actually said...

"Not since the Carter administration has the Nation's economy performed so poorly."

"How important is that to, say, every bringing back the securitization market?"

"We have put an end to too-big-to-fail bailouts and to an era in which executives on Wall Street felt free to gamble with other people's money."

"I certainly want a good housing program, but I don't want a welfare program."