Richard Shelby

“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.”

“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.”

“I don't believe $25 billion or $50 billion or $100 billion is going to change the way Detroit does business.”

“A lot of my friends tried to talk me out of running.”

“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.”

“What we should do is promote trade in the world, not try to stifle it.”

“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.”

“I have been advocating for a long time that the Export Import Bank shouldn't be for one or two companies, and that's what it's for, basically.”

“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.”

“Are we going to change the Constitution? I hope never. We would have to amend it. Let's uphold the Second Amendment.”

“I believe that when you are attacked like we were attacked in America by these terrorist groups, that we not only have to respond in kind, we've got to go farther. We've got to destroy these groups because just sure as we don't - if we didn't respond, we will be hit again and again and again, and we will live in fear.”

“If things go right, maybe I'll chair the Appropriations Committee.”

“I support the president 100 percent - when he's right.”

“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.”

“I've been a stalwart for national security.”

“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.”

“I do believe that we should keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, would-be terrorists, and a lot of other people.”

“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.”

“I think the GOP, the Grand Old Party, the Republicans, they will regroup.”

“Wells Fargo's internal review only covers unauthorized accounts dating back to 2011. News reports and court documents suggest these problems might have existed long before then. The 2013 'Los Angeles Times' articles led to the L.A. city attorney's office investigation into Wells Fargo's sales practices.”