Carl Levin actually said...

"Swiss secrecy protections is preventing us from going after behavior which is criminal behavior, allegedly, and is this going to be cured by the treaty?"

"The American public is angry about offshore tax abuse--efforts by well-off Americans to evade their U.S. tax obligations by hiding money offshore."

"the value is very limited. It has loopholes in it which will be used, I am sure, by banks to avoid ponying up the names."

"That is totally unacceptable, and I just hope that our Department of Justice understands that..."