Richard Shelby actually said...

"A true commitment of resources, coupled with strong oversight, is required for these efforts to stay on schedule and on budget."

"the idea of picking winners and losers in the marketplace, that's the tenet of communism, socialism, and so forth."

"Ultimately the market will decide winners and losers in the marketplace, and the government should not do that, should it?"

"That seems like to a lot of people central planning. You're choosing 25 communities out of the whole Nation as favoritism, so to speak, and that's very dangerous, I think, and sounds like central plan..."