"We don't know what or we don't know when, we don't know who. But one thing is for certain: We know that, as we are sitting in this room, there are people all over this world who are plotting terrorist attacks against the United States."
"What I think what we need to reach for here is a delicate balance where we can accommodate both."
"It seems like it is becoming just an extraordinary concentration of power in one place, and we think that there may be great danger in that."
"It has been since 2008 since CFTC has had reauthorization, budget appropriations."
"Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"It is very important that you have the staffing, as I have reiterated in my line of questioning."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me start with you, Commissioner Wetjen. Do you have sufficient staff to accomplish the task that you all have been given?"
"It is important to note that the CFTC has gone from what was once sort of an obscure parochial regulatory body to now one of the most powerful governmental agencies in the world."
"I thought it was justified."
"I want to follow up on the House Appropriations Committee reported an appropriation bill that reduces your funding for the CFTC by more than $10 million."
"Let me go back to my line of questioning because, after all, one of the major purposes of this hearing is for the reauthorization and your budget and appropriations."