Richard Shelby actually said...

"My State of Alabama, the unemployment rate in Alabama, February 2007, was 3.4 percent. We had some good years, a lot of good years."

"I was stunned and disappointed to find that out of 500 possible points for Race to the Top, only 15 points, 3 percent of the whole application dealt with science, technology, engineering, and mathemat..."

"I think it is very important, and you have done this, you have focused, among other things, on the loss of teachers and support and so forth."

"We do--we have had cost savings in other areas."