Tom Harkin actually said...

"I asked the question in our October hearing, I said, what market forces out there demanded these products? Who was demanding this? The answer came, no one."

"We must have an unflinching determination on the part of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to restore integrity to these important markets."

"Speculative funds ran up the prices of the cotton futures market at a time when there were record surpluses of cotton."

"This nomination comes at a very challenging time."