At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert), the chairman of the subcommittee.

We need to understand what happened at MF Global, both for the benefit of ranchers and farmers who lost money, as well as the American public which benefits from a properly and effectively functioning commodity market.

At this time, Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to another Illinois Congressman, Mr. Dold.

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert), a member of the committee, who sponsored and worked on these bills.

What we learned to date is that, notwithstanding the promise of the Dodd-Frank Act, regulators do not work together.

Let me say this: during this debate, we focused on crowdfunding, but I think we're all in agreement that this bill is a great improvement, and we will revisit that. That shouldn't distract from the fact that this is a major piece of…

I would like to again inquire as to the amount of time remaining on our side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Alabama has 9 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Connecticut has 14\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I would like to inquire, Madam Speaker, as to how much time remains on our side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Alabama has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Connecticut has 16\1/2\ minutes remaining.

We have the right to close. So I would ask the gentleman from Connecticut to proceed. Could I inquire as to time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Alabama has 2 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Connecticut has 10…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 390, noes 23, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No. 110] AYES--390…

I think we should reduce the deficit, but to talk about doing that by cutting Social Security, and Medicare to the exclusion...

the biggest driver of the ever-increasing deficits this Nation faces is the runaway growth in all of our major entitlement programs: Medicare; Medicaid; and Social Security.