Frank Lucas: “I hope that today we can start a dialogue on how to root out inefficiencies.”

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

The time to make updates to the farm safety net is now.

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

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…