Carl Levin actually said...

"And what this transaction shows is really the power of the PATRIOT Act."

"Mr. Chairman, I want to amend my answer."

"We want to know whether or not HSBC Equator, whether HSBC, the main branch, has opened up any offshore tax haven accounts for PEPs or for other national banks."

"What these documents show is quite the opposite, that you facilitate people evading the law of your own country--back then."