Richard Shelby actually said...

"The mission, as I understand it from many years on the Committee, 31 years here, of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, ..."

"I believe that the nominee before us today represents what we once valued in this country: an individual who rises from modest means to the pinnacle of his profession and then answers the call of publ..."

"I have long advocated here the need for comprehensive cost-benefit analysis for all agency rulemakings, not just the SEC."

"Is the bottom line we cannot be accountable to the American people with a defense that is second to none on the cheap, we have to pay for it, do we not, Mr. Secretary?"