Richard Shelby actually said...

"We do not believe that the Committee should consider any nominee to be the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection until reforms are adopted to make the Bureau accountable to the Ameri..."

"One of our Nation's founding principles is that the Government should be accountable to the people."

"It is regrettable that the President and the majority have chosen to ignore our request rather than work with us to improve the Bureau's accountability."

"They were too big to exist."