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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