"This new law is an important first step toward common-sense reform of our financial markets. But if the meltdown taught us anything, it taught us that big banks and Wall Street investors exist to generate profits for investors and not to protect consumers. It is the job of Congress to remain vigilant on behalf of the American people."  Bemidji Pioneer

"The law is going to be much stronger with the new bill. I'm itching to use the authority. This new disruptive practices (authority) will allow us to go after trading that can disrupt and contort markets."  Commodities Now

"This legislation will help protect the hard work, the savings and the dreams of the American people. Honest savers, borrowers and investors deserve a regulatory system suited to demands of modern times, where dangerous regulatory gaps are closed, where large institutions are subject to capital requirements, and where risky transactions are identified and controlled before they pose a threat to the economy as a whole."  Bangor Daily News