Obviously, there is a difference between manipulation and speculation.

I do strongly believe that the Senate Agriculture Committee and the CFTC must be engaged in the development of any legislation addressing financial regulatory reform.

I agree with you that certainly posting more capital is going to lower the risk...

We are not going to put additional obligations on you without providing you additional funding.

Does your firm use the ICE OTC clearing?

Well, what data is used to support your assessment that oil prices should have been falling last year when most expectations and market analyses showed prices continually increasing throughout the year due to geopolitical uncertainties…

Well, having been in business myself, I have never made any money without taking a risk, and I just think it is extremely difficult and would be extremely expensive if we tried to take the risk out of it.

One thing that has been of real concern to me from the standpoint of putting additional regulations in place is the fact that we might stymie, No. 1, innovation on the part of bright minds in the marketplace that are thinking of additional…

There seems to be a perception out there that the only derivatives that need to be customized are the very complex and most complex products.

The National Guard and Reserve Retired Pay Equity Act

If there is something with respect to those Interstate Compacts that you think we need to deal with legislatively, I wish you would give us some recommendations there.

There is no reason, Ms. Smith, you ought to be required to fund private school for your children because schools in Washington, DC are inadequate.