Sam Graves actually said...

"I do not believe that they drive the price. Now, I do believe that speculation is the cause of volatility, which is what my legislation seeked to address."

"And when you increase supply, and if we can increase supply in the United States, it is going to have a dramatic effect."

"I think that we can in a bipartisan way approach a solution which will not completely solve the problem, but which will afford important relief to the American consumer."

"I think it is really, really imperative to understand, I believe, is that we have to stop spending money that we do not have."