Peter Welch actually said...

"Skyrocketing gas prices, due in part to Wall Street speculation, are crimping her budget and household budgets across the country."

"We believe this funding level is necessary to ensure the oversight, transparency and stability necessary for the proper functioning of our nation's commodity markets."

"The point of our legislation I think was to acknowledge that the futures market is absolutely essential for end-users, but that to the extent it is manipulated by Wall Street speculators, it is for th..."

"We represent Democrats in Republican districts and we represent Republicans in Democratic districts and every one of us has been hearing from families where they are just wondering why, if the demand ..."