Quotes from Richard Shelby

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.

I never apologize for my efforts to support worthy projects that Alabama.

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

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

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've been a stalwart for national security.

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

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

Even some of my Republican friends say I have a populist, progressive streak. I am not a doctrinaire, anti-government person.

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 not like government-sponsored enterprises.

It has become increasingly clear to me that the White House is not interested in good-faith negotiations.

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.