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Republicans. when president obama took office one of the democrats was a man that didn't believe that speculation had impact on oil. he was willing to do that. finally, the president got a replacement and with the leadership of the chairman, the cftc did adopt these rules. the problem is they have been taken to court. we had a couple of cases where the industry goes to court and for the complaints, they keep trying to use the court to block it. today, they argued that congress never intended them to do this. i just got every democrat who had been on our conference committee to file a brief say...

Terribly deep the recession was. it was not a good time with people in a bad mood and unemployment going up. i think bill clinton made the same judgment. bill clinton was told don't start with health care. establish yourself. do some other things and get to health care. that's what i said. that's very clearly what i said and the notion that's a criticism, nobody believes including the propaganda putting it out. >> thanks for your time tonight. >> you're welcome. >> remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. the conservative group alec says it won't work on social suff...

Had been on our conference committee to file a brief saying, yeah, we did. the commodity futures trading commission did finally get the votes to put this in. they are in court fighting to defend it. >> now the question is, i think the american people think the president is going to right thing, but is it too little too late? it seems like a start. they're going to get more resources, but to control the speculators, you need these five people on the cftc to take action and do something. >> well, they did. of the five people, two are republican, three are democrats. if we had structured the cftc...

Issues. the question that we instantly asked was what about voter suppression and stand your ground is in their economic interest. this week they say we're not going to push these laws anymore. they're all over the place. for american who is are watching this issue and staying tuned, we cannot trust alec. we cannot trust the back room they make with state legislat s legislators. the way they move money in politics. this is about putting sunlight around how democracy is done making sure all of our voices are heard, not just the rich and powerful. >> thanks for joining us. a group of house con...

Voter i.d. laws. >> you have to stay on them. they're talking about economic issues. look at this law up in michigan, the financial managers law which disenfranchises everybody on a city commission or county commission that was voted on if they don't have the budget right. here comes the financial manager appointed by the governor, that's an alec law. >> the public relations have been all over the place. last week they said the only thing they pushed was economic issues. the question that we instantly asked was what about voter suppression and stand your ground is in their economic interest. t...