04/15/2010
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"As the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee for Financial Services, I joined with Chairman Durbin to increase funding for the CFTC to $177 million--an increase of 10 percent over the Pres..."
"Farming is risky business. It is a notoriously thin margin the people in the food industry have."
"The Subcommittee's report on excessive speculation in the wheat market is a very important contribution."
"The continued lack of convergence in important segments of the wheat market has significantly diminished the usefulness of the wheat futures market for commercial hedgers."