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" If there's not any endgame, we're in quicksand. We take one more step, and we're still there, and there's no way out. "
Richard Shelby
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" I feel good. I've got a lot of energy. I've got a lot of purpose, too. "
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" You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way. "
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" Are we going to change the Constitution? I hope never. We would have to amend it. Let's uphold the Second Amendment. "
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" Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed's independence. But such independence does not mean that it is immune from Congressional oversight. "
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" I support the president 100 percent - when he's right. "
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" Dodd-Frank greatly expanded the regulatory reach of the Federal Reserve. It did not, however, examine whether it was correctly structured to account for these new and expansive powers. Therefore, the Committee will be examining the appropriateness of the Fed's current structure in a post Dodd-Frank world. "
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" A lot of people believe, and I do at times, that some of our trade agreements are lopsided, and we've got to look at them. But that doesn't mean that we're going to put a tariff on everything. "
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Believe
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" A lot of people don't believe that Kirk-Heitkamp is a real reform bill. "
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" I've been a stalwart for national security. "
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Been
" I don't believe $25 billion or $50 billion or $100 billion is going to change the way Detroit does business. "
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Way
" We cannot cut and run. If we are to ensure freedom and democracy, it is essential that we follow through on our obligation to bring about stability in Iraq. "
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Run
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Follow
" I want people to have the right to bear arms. "
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Want
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" A number of former Wells Fargo employees have described their work environment characterized by intense pressure to meet aggressive and unrealistic sales goals. In a 2010 letter to shareholders, Mr. Stumpf wrote that Wells Fargo's goal was eight products per customer because eight rhymed with great. "
Richard Shelby
Employees
Great
Work
" I believe that we have to have a new regulatory regime for our financial system. "
Richard Shelby
I Believe
Believe
Our
" I don't want Congress setting monetary policy. "
Richard Shelby
Want
Congress
Policy
" I believe Europe is burning financially. Europe's problems are not going to go away. They are so structural. Yet, our problems are right behind them. We cannot just look at Europe. "
Richard Shelby
Problems
Believe
Go
" Saddam Hussein has been tenacious in his pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and, unless he is removed from power, he will eventually harm our nation and our allies. Every moment we delay allows him to grow stronger. "
Richard Shelby
Power
Nation
Moment
" I never apologize for my efforts to support worthy projects that Alabama. "
Richard Shelby
Worthy
Apologize
Never
" The American people fear there is some gouging going on. "
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People
Some
American
" We have a unique relationship with the U.K., Great Britain. Tony Blair has been a steadfast spokesman for Britain, and also for the joint interests that we share. "
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Been
Relationship
Unique
" I do believe that we should keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, would-be terrorists, and a lot of other people. "
Richard Shelby
Believe
Guns
Hands
" John McCain has not been president of the United States. He ran. He ran a spirited campaign. We lost. I hated to see us lose, but there were a lot of things working against us. "
Richard Shelby
Against
See
Lost
" I think you have to be concerned about any presidential executive order because it has the power of law until it's knocked down by an act of Congress or a court. "
Richard Shelby
Down
Congress
Think
" We need to eradicate these terrorist groups, wherever they are. If we failed to do it, we are just waiting for the next. "
Richard Shelby
Just
Wherever
Waiting
" All of us want to see the details of any legislative plan if there's going to be a legislative response, but Congress, I believe, is in the mood to do whatever it takes to win this war against terrorism. "
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Plan
War
Win
" A lot of my friends tried to talk me out of running. "
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Tried
Friends
Out
" What we should do is promote trade in the world, not try to stifle it. "
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" Even some of my Republican friends say I have a populist, progressive streak. I am not a doctrinaire, anti-government person. "
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Friends
I Am