Richard Shelby actually said...

"Clearly, some changes could be made to ensure that we are helping the greatest--I think that is your goal--the greatest number of needy families in the most efficient, cost saving manner possible."

"Our Nation's debt, as the Chairman has alluded to, is on an unsustainable path. We all know this."

"I know Senator Reed has been a champion of this."

"I like--and we have had these conversations, some of it, before, getting the private access and private capital, because there is a lot more out there."