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Pat Roberts: This example seems to me to be a very normal transaction by a person who deals in the physical commodity, and he was…

On the recordJune 14, 2011
This example seems to me to be a very normal transaction by a person who deals in the physical commodity, and he was trying to help farmers manage the risk.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Roberts argues that a proposed rule mischaracterizes a normal hedging transaction as speculative.

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