I am really glad that you have put in your budget an extra billion dollars a year for child nutrition programs.
the farm bill was not exactly the bill that I would have written, and I think everybody on the Senate and House Agricult...
I am very disappointed with the amount allocated in the President's budget for conservation programs.
I want to challenge you on why you cannot do this on a regulated exchange.
I appreciate your comments today, and hopefully maybe if we move some legislation this year, we can also finally close t...
I think you would actually lower the costs because you would have more people that would be able to trade with each othe...
I am proud of the fact I am one of nine Members of the Senate who voted against deregulation of Glass-Steagall.
Well, I do not know if we really want the free flow of capital; maybe we want the more efficient flow of capital.
I think that was a mistake, and I said so at the time. But it did not have the votes.
Well, fooled once, your mistake. Fooled twice, my mistake.
You know, liquidity is good, but too much liquidity can be bad.
If we want the free flow of traffic, do away with all the stop lights.
I appreciate, first of all, that this is the unanimous position of the Commission, as I understand.
I offered an amendment on the last farm bill to close Zelener. We passed it in the Senate.
the public has an interest in regulating that sort of 'creativity.'
I would also say it is not sufficient to assert, as many swap dealers do, that the market for credit default swaps funct...
We must restore proper regulatory oversight if we are going to get this economy built on a solid foundation.
In my view, these programs are now more important than ever, especially as we work to address significant environmental ...