Gary Gensler actually said...

I think that's part of the reason why we want a well-funded CFTC because the nature of the market is so heavily toward the financial actors and so heavily toward the speculators.

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Gensler emphasizes the need for a well-funded CFTC to oversee financial markets dominated by speculators.

03/20/2012

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