Richard Shelby actually said...

"See if the fundamentals are sound."

"I am hoping that we will give you every tool you need to do your job and to hire the people that you need to execute that."

"But part of your mandate, the Securities and Exchange Commission, is to protect the investor. Is that right?"

"But at the same time, this currency, these cryptocurrencies, they lack intrinsic value, it seems to me."