Frank Lucas: “We have a significant workload ahead of us in this Congress; therefore, we are proposing level funding for the committee…”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Ranking Member, for holding this hearing, and the witnesses for agreeing to testify.

The CFTC's enforcement authority has been a closely watched issue during the past several years.

Folks back home are always very concerned about inflation and the period we have gone through lately.

I have no further requests, and I simply note this is a good bill. Let's vote for it. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Weber of Texas). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma…