Richard Shelby actually said...

"I took an oath of office and Congress writes the law. So we are going to adopt exactly what you have."

"The response of the Administration and Democrats in Congress has been to enact a slew of new laws to expand the size and the scope of the Federal Government."

"you publicly argued against an end-user exemption from the clearing requirements in the derivatives title that we passed"

"There is a clear end-user exception for anyone who is hedging or mitigating a commercial risk for nonfinancial firms."