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On the recordApril 18, 2012
I yield the gentlewoman an additional 1 minute. Ms. DeLAURO. I am going to repeat it, our job, the job that all of our constituents gave to us--they gave us this job--we are here to represent their interests and the consumers, not the oil speculators. We need to ensure that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is the agency to regulate the oil industry, that it has the resources that it needs to do the job and is doing it. The amendment that I proposed is a commonsense solution to this problem. It should have had an airing, and it should have been passed by this Congress because that is in the best interests of American taxpayers. That's our job. And if we're not prepared to do our job, the American people should turn their backs on us and shut the place down. I urge my colleagues to oppose this rule.
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Democratic · Colorado
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