Richard Shelby actually said...

"the financial system remains badly damaged, and the economy has deteriorated sharply as it has become clear that TARP is not the magic bullet its supporters, Mr. Secretary, claimed it would be."

"I see the conceptual idea, but I don't see the details yet."

"What elements of the Geithner plan can be implemented immediately."

"How do we restart the securitization of markets, which you think is so important to our financial--how do we bring thrust back to that, because securitization worked so well until it was abused and mi..."