02/21/2010
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"The continued lack of convergence in important segments of the wheat market has significantly diminished the usefulness of the wheat futures market for commercial hedgers."
"The Subcommittee's report on excessive speculation in the wheat market is a very important contribution."
"Farming is risky business. It is a notoriously thin margin the people in the food industry have."
"As the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee for Financial Services, I joined with Chairman Durbin to increase funding for the CFTC to $177 million--an increase of 10 percent over the Pres..."