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Pat Roberts: “At best, position limits are a cure for a disease that does not exist, or at worst, a placebo for one that does.”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
At best, position limits are a cure for a disease that does not exist, or at worst, a placebo for one that does.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

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Roberts questions the effectiveness of position limits in the swaps market.

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