The Congress said in the 1930s that we shall set position limits, and we should go about that job to help protect against the burdens that can come from excess speculation.
To some farmers, they would say, rightly, the future is $2 more. Shouldn't I get $2 more for my blood, sweat, and tears and all my inputs?
We need help with resources, and we thank you very much for that recent vote in the Subcommittee.
I think it is incumbent upon all of us to address over-the-counter derivatives.
We need to provide the transparency and efficiency to these markets that we believe we have in our securities and futures and options market...
Well, I think that--it has never happened, but we cannot rule it out, and we should make sure that--and it is one of the lessons of this cri...
President Obama has called for action to strengthen market integrity, lower risk, and protect investors.
I think that we actually already have a number of clearinghouses that have been very well and successfully regulated for decades.
I think that Chair Schapiro summed it up well, but I think, if I might say, one of the great lessons out of this financial crisis is that we...
What we are recommending is that clear rules of the road would be put out by the regulators.
I think, Senator, you raise a very important point.