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Susan Collins: “The data and analysis they have presented make another compelling case that excessive speculation has caused our…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2009
The data and analysis they have presented make another compelling case that excessive speculation has caused our commodity markets to become unmoored from those who actually make their livelihoods using the underlying commodities.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins discusses the negative effects of speculation on commodity markets and livelihoods.

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