Commodity prices have whipsawed American families, farms, and businesses, run roughshod over supply and demand factors.
Transferring that much purchasing power from consumers on Main Street to speculators on Wall Street puts a severe drag o...
Speculators, who by definition do not plan to use the commodities that they trade but profit from the changing prices...
It is clear that it has to be defined before the rule takes effect using the word which needs to be defined.
We are going to protect the taxpayers from companies that are too big to fail.
All right. So you are looking at eliminating that exemption.
I think we all would agree with that. There are a lot of reasons for assuring market integrity.
Do you have a hunch as to whether it would increase speculation?
Would it be useful for you to take that up?
We are, but it is a very different issue from the battles which we have been waging here to try to protect taxpayers and...
There has been some discussion here this morning about position limits not applying to the multicommodity swaps.
Do you expect you will take that up?
They did not succeed in that bill. I am glad for that and had something to do with that.
Wall Street needs it big time.
This is a 1938 law. I think it ought to be very clear from both sides of the aisle that this is not an attack on FLSA.
There is no doubt that health care and Medicare and Medicaid expenses will likely increase a result of the potential to ...
I, along with Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska and other members of Congress, have raised significant concerns about this prop...
If there was improper activity here that impacted their customers and their clients, that needs to be taken up as well.
