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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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Jul 29, 2009

It has represented a daily threat... to its people ever since this revolution took place.

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Jul 29, 2009

Iran's nuclear ambitions and its sponsorship of terrorism.

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Jul 29, 2009

Iran is the major funder of most of the Middle East terrorist groups that are a problem for us.

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Jul 29, 2009

we have yet to implement a sanctions regime that produces the desired result.

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Jul 29, 2009

Iran has become 'a central bank for terrorism worldwide.'

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Jul 29, 2009

Iran continues to make strides in both its nuclear and missile programs, and it is still recognized as the so-called central bank for terrorist financing.

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Jul 29, 2009

We are very united in our concern and our anger about the Iranian program of nuclear weapons development.

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Jul 27, 2009

These events revealed that comprehensive insurance regulation must be a part of our reform effort.

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Jul 27, 2009

These events reveal that comprehensive insurance regulation must be a part of our reform effort.

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Jul 27, 2009

If an insurance company is involved in derivatives on the national, international scale, how could States regulate them?

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Jul 27, 2009

But aren't a lot of the problems that we have encountered that insurance, and, of course, banks, too, are involved in things without adequate capital to back up what they are involved in, the risk that they take?

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Jul 27, 2009

Quickly, is the Fed really the appropriate agency to regulate insurance companies, because they have no history there.

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