Richard Shelby actually said...

"You are not telling us here today that the European banks are in good shape though, are you?"

"Wouldn't you think they would be wanting to share this with the Senate Banking Committee?"

"The focus of the crisis has been on the relatively small economy of Greece, but the European Union Governments fear that it could quickly spread across the continent."

"During the past year, the European Union has been embroiled, as we all know, in a fiscal crisis brought on by years of reckless Government and budget deficits and sluggish economic growth."