Tom Harkin actually said...

"I would also say it is not sufficient to assert, as many swap dealers do, that the market for credit default swaps function properly and has experienced no major problems during the current crisis."

"the public has an interest in regulating that sort of 'creativity.'"

"I offered an amendment on the last farm bill to close Zelener. We passed it in the Senate."

"I appreciate, first of all, that this is the unanimous position of the Commission, as I understand."