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Tom Harkin: I leave you with where I started and, that is, my concerns again about speculation on derivatives and how that might…

On the recordSeptember 8, 2009
I leave you with where I started and, that is, my concerns again about speculation on derivatives and how that might artificially jack up the prices on these allowances and offsets and not in accordance with really what they should be worth.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin expresses concerns about speculation affecting prices in the market.

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