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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• Richard Shelby:

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

• Richard Shelby:

  We need to eradicate these terrorist groups, wherever they are. If we failed to do it, we are just

• Richard Shelby:

  I feel good. I've got a lot of energy. I've got a lot of purpose, too.

• Richard Shelby:

  I've been a stalwart for national security.

• Richard Shelby:

  I believe that we have to have a new regulatory regime for our financial system.

• Richard Shelby:

  Even some of my Republican friends say I have a populist, progressive streak. I am not a doctrinair

• Richard Shelby:

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

• Richard Shelby:

  I don't want Congress setting monetary policy.

• Richard Shelby:

  Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed's independence. But such independ

• Richard Shelby:

  Dodd-Frank greatly expanded the regulatory reach of the Federal Reserve. It did not, however, exami