Our Committee took particular and very great pains over the years to exempt end-users from the margin and capital requirements necessary to reform the derivatives markets, for the simple reason that the farmers, the ranchers, other end-users, manufacturers, did absolutely nothing to cause the financial crisis.
David Scott highlights the importance of exempting end-users from burdensome financial regulations.
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I believe you are doing an excellent job at a very difficult and challenging time facing our economy and especially our securities markets.
Food makes the Agriculture Committee the most powerful Committee up here in Congress because you can do without a lot of things, but the one thing we cannot do without is food.
we remain committed to making sure that we do more to get you all reauthorized.
Virginia has already received nearly $8 million in funding that goes directly to farmers across our Commonwealth.
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