Richard Shelby actually said...

"Are consumers protected when they cannot buy products and services that are available to others?"

"Shouldn't the language require that the real benefits must outweigh real costs to consumers and covered persons instead of that?"

"You state, Mr. Secretary, repeatedly that the status quo is not acceptable because things are changing every day in the marketplace."

"We appreciate you coming here today, but even you admit in your studies, and this is an outgrowth of some of those studies, that this is a radical departure from the way we have regulated things befor..."