Richard Shelby actually said...

"I for one would not want to support a big reduction just for the biggest of the biggest and do nothing for our basic base and job creation small- and medium-sized businesses."

"A lot of us have pushed for overall and comprehensive bank reform."

"the majority of the Republicans in the Senate a year or so ago voted against reauthorizing the Bank because we could not get real meaningful reform."

"There has to be a combination of other things. But there is so much more money in the private sector, if we figure out a way to leverage it up here."