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Richard Shelby

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Richard Shelby is a former United States Senator from Alabama, serving from January 3, 1987, until January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Shelby was known for his work on various committees, including Appropriations and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Throughout his tenure, he focused on issues such as military funding, economic development, and infrastructure improvements in Alabama.

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Nov 15, 2010

Are we close to solving this problem, or where are we?

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Nov 15, 2010

That is what I am getting at. You just said there were, so you are correcting yourself.

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Oct 5, 2010

On October 6th, I called for an investigation into the growing controversy surrounding home foreclosures.

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Oct 5, 2010

I called for an investigation into the growing controversy surrounding home foreclosures.

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Sep 29, 2010

For millions of Americans, the passage of Dodd-Frank provides little comfort as they confront a harsh economic reality.

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Sep 29, 2010

Now, Americans and executives alike know with certainty that if a company puts itself in a position to fail, fail is exactly what it will do.

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Sep 29, 2010

The unemployment rate now stands at 9.6 percent. Economic growth is anemic.

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Sep 29, 2010

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.

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Sep 29, 2010

How important is that to, say, every bringing back the securitization market?

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Sep 29, 2010

Not since the Carter administration has the Nation's economy performed so poorly.

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Sep 29, 2010

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

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