Richard Durbin actually said...

What I've said to my colleagues on both sides of the Rotunda is that if we do not adequately finance your agency...

Durbin emphasizes the need for adequate funding for the agency to manage increased trading volume.

03/20/2012

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we need to come up with some revenue source here to provide the regulatory structure...

if the argument can be made that the industry is paying your agency to do its job...

How well is the CFTC able to measure the deterrent impact of these enforcement actions?

I'd like your thoughts... about whether the current penalty structure is in fact at a level consistent with creating a deterrent.