Carl Levin actually said...

All right. Again, I would say that in their prepared statement, prior to being approved by CME, they say all index traders were required to receive prior CFTC approval.

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Levin emphasizes the requirement for index traders to get CFTC approval before CME approval.

07/20/2009

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