Richard Shelby actually said...

"Bricks have been around a long time. I hope they will be here a long time because they are extensively used everywhere. To put the brick folks out of business, I don't think, in the long run, would be..."

"A cost-benefit analysis is important before any regulation or law goes into effect that would affect the economy, jobs, and health, everything?"

"I have long held reservations about the Export-Import Bank operating in its current form."

"I believe that the Export-Import Bank is now rampant with corporate cronyism, corruption, and unaccountability."