Carl Levin actually said...

"I am determined and I think we are determined, and I know Senator McCain has spoken on this and other members have spoken."

"By the way, we did actually stop it in the Senate."

"Commodity prices have whipsawed American families, farms, and businesses, run roughshod over supply and demand factors."

"Speculators, who by definition do not plan to use the commodities that they trade but profit from the changing prices..."