America's natural gas companies have been fined over two-billion dollars in the last three years for manipulating natural gas markets. This clearly shows that we do not have an adequate regulatory framework over natural gas markets, and we feel there is market manipulation continuing today in the United States.

The House bill basically punted most responsibilities to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Senate bill takes a more aggressive stance in protecting investors, in our opinion.

They are making out like bandits right now, at a time when I'm not sure that the economy can sustain these high prices.

Noble has made a billion dollars in profits since 2000, but it doesn't pay its fair share in taxes. Taxpayers are being gouged at both ends of this deal. Noble is getting rich off high energy prices, while the Department of Energy is giving away taxpayers' hard-earned dollars in the form of an unnecessary grant.

It shouldn't be a place where political favors are granted.

There's a lot of geographic concentration of power. All these folks are from Texas -- a big energy-producing state. It shows where the influence is.

...Almost playing a poker game with crude oil prices, making a series of bets about where prices are going to be going. That speculation is really what is driving prices up.

They transferred their coal plants to Constellation, so they are no longer regulated by the state of Maryland. It's the primary cause of the rate hike.

This is pure window-dressing, so the administration can get some new stories out there without offering any solutions that will offend (the Republican party's) biggest contributor -- the oil industry.

You wouldn't want that person on the commission at all.