Tom Harkin actually said...

we must protect consumers and lower systemic risk and enhance the price discovery function of the markets.

The last thing we should be doing is contributing a whole host of new, unappealing consequences in an already volatile marketplace.

It is not credible to assert that the markets and present regulatory system have worked.

It is imperative that we pass strong financial regulatory reform in this body and not just piecemeal, patchwork reform, but comprehensive an...