Bob Goodlatte: “I support this measure. Certainly, I expect the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to address any problems with…”

“I support this measure. Certainly, I expect the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to address any problems with excessive speculation in the energies markets and to use their emergency powers to do so, if appropriate. But I will tell you that this is a problem that's been going on a lot longer than recent speculation in this market. It's been going on for years because of a lack of increase of supplies of oil and natural gas and other basic sources of energy in this country. All we ask of the Democratic leadership is to put the bills on the floor that get what the American people want, and that is a vote to open up America to increase domestic supply of energy. Let us have that vote. Let us have that debate on the floor of this House, and we will do what the American people want.”