Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 2 minutes. Let's talk a little bit about energy policy. One of the things you wouldn't know from the document that Mr. Mulvaney put forward claiming it's the President's budget is that the President actually provides the resources to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to help police speculators in the oil market. Because what we're seeing today is that, because of conditions around the world, a lot of those are being taken advantage of by people who are engaged in excessive speculation on the oil market, driving it up. But the Republican budget doesn't want the cop on the beat. The Republican budget doesn't want to police the speculators because, you know what, they're just doing fine. But again, Mr. Mulvaney's budget--what he pretends is the President's budget--you wouldn't know that. But if you looked in the President's real budget, you would know that kind of thing. That's why this exercise is such a farce. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”