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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Thank you. And, Ambassador Tom, you note in your testimony that intellectual property theft is one of the primary threats posed by China.
American farmers need large markets to export their products, and when those markets are lost, who does it harm? Our farmers, and then the American people.
His stubborn refusal to engage on a bipartisan farm bill is irresponsible for the American people, especially our farmers.
This delay hurts the American people, especially in rural communities where our farms are, and it injects uncertainty into our nation's economies.
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