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Gary Gensler

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Gary Gensler is the current Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), having been appointed by President Joe Biden in April 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Gensler has a background in finance and public service, previously serving as the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2009 to 2014. He is known for his focus on financial regulation and consumer protection, emphasizing the importance of transparency and fairness in the financial markets. Gensler has also been a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he taught courses on blockchain technology and digital currencies.

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Feb 14, 2011

Because it seems to me that your proposal differs and hasn't taken Congress' directive as seriously as the CFTC is.

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Feb 14, 2011

I think the entire regulatory system failed the American public, so I would have to include all of us regulators, in a sense and yes, in the broadest sense.

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Feb 14, 2011

I think there has to be a freedom to fail. I think there will be banks that fail in the future as there have been for centuries in the past.

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Feb 14, 2011

But no one will be required to do it.

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Feb 14, 2011

A requirement for end users like MillerCoors to post margin to its counterparties would have a serious impact on our ability to invest in and grow our business.

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Feb 14, 2011

But it reminds me that in 2008, the financial system and the financial regulatory system both failed the American public.

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Feb 14, 2011

I think that at the core, we lost over 7 million jobs in this country because both the financial system and regulatory system failed the test.

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Feb 9, 2011

I think that they will benefit from the transparency from the marketplace, and we have put out a proposed rule...

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Feb 9, 2011

I think that through the extensive work that Congress did in its oversight and putting together the Act...

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Feb 9, 2011

I think you would have to ask the Secretary of the Treasury what he is going to do on that, with all respect.

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Feb 9, 2011

I think it has extended it across a 24 hour timeframe, and that there are more news events that can move a market overnight.

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Feb 9, 2011

I believe we have the authority not to impose it, and that is what we plan to do if I move forward.

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