03/24/2009
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"I understand, when we talk about the futures markets and the oil prices, that speculation is not illegal."
"The Dodd-Frank Act gives you more tools to deal with market speculation and manipulation, as it relates to oil prices."
"the way to stop that reform is to fail to fund an agency like your own, to make sure there are no cops on the beat."
"So we're in this debate here about our deficit and how we can come up with a savings of $4 trillion over 10 years."