Austin Scott actually said...

"Obviously, some of the information that was given to us we did not agree with and felt like there should have been a business case analysis prior to the decisions being made."

"I appreciate his commitment on that, and I want to ask you for your support, that the program managers will continue to operate the way they currently do."

"I just once again would like to point out that end-users didn't cause this problem, and I hope that we are able to work in a bipartisan fashion to get the exemptions for the end-users."

"If you look at the CFTC website, it says that swaps were the center of the 2008 financial crisis, and I would think that maybe an improper use of swaps or abuse of swaps might be a better description ..."