We must find out what happened with MF Global and we must do so in a manner that restores faith in the futures markets.

I have long been, as I think everybody on the committee has been, an advocate for honest evaluation of the costs and benefits of our government regulations.

CFTC oversight, as you have indicated, is a critically important function of this committee.

Unfortunately, the manner in which Mr. Gensler chose to step aside or recuse himself has raised more questions than it has answered.

Ajit Pai is a public servant of the highest caliber and a man with the highest level of integrity and character.

I cannot think of a more qualified person to serve as a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, and I ask my colleagues to fully support his nomination.

I don't know what we did to Mother Nature, but she has not acted in a very welcome way.

Seventy-nine percent of Kansas is currently experiencing drought conditions.

So often I hear from producers that the heavy hand of Government intervention impacts them more than any other program.

It took us about a year-and-a-half to get the damn thing done, but we got it done.

Agriculture is the backbone of our state's economy.

We do not need to post an EPA inspector at every county road to find a grain truck if it is tearing up dust.