Political Quotes

“I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Brownley of California moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 992, to the Committee on Financial Services with instructions to report the same to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Page 4, after line 15, insert the following: SEC. 3. PREVENTING OIL AND BIOFUEL PRICE MANIPULATION. Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall limit the authority of the bank regulatory agencies and other regulators to examine a covered depository institution's compliance with laws prohibiting the manipulation of commodity markets, particularly the excessive speculation and manipulation of oil and biofuel prices, and to limit the activities of covered depository institutions in such markets. Ms. BROWNLEY of California (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from California?”