Tom Harkin actually said...

"wouldn't the public interest require this price discovery to be on an open, properly regulated exchange?"

"We cannot continue to do what we have been doing. We have got to make some changes."

"I think we agree on the need to enact significant regulatory reform--significant regulatory reform--of the derivatives market."

"If Congress is truly interested in addressing the problem as opposed to politicizing a solution, we can no longer ignore the complexities of these markets."