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Carl Levin

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Carl Levin was a prominent American politician who served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1979 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin was known for his leadership on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he played a key role in shaping U.S. military policy and defense spending. Throughout his tenure, he was an advocate for various issues, including environmental protection and consumer rights.

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Nov 19, 2014

It has been very powerful testimony.

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Nov 19, 2014

JPMVEC booked its electricity in natural gases.

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Nov 19, 2014

Well, were you horrified by what you saw?

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Nov 19, 2014

And there is nothing in the Chinese Wall Policy, even if it is implemented properly, that stops Goldman from sending direction and information to you?

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Nov 19, 2014

Finally, Goldman has not allocated any capital to cover potential losses from a catastrophic event.

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Nov 19, 2014

I think it is wrong for the public to have to rely on a voluntary policy such as that, which is not enforceable.

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Nov 19, 2014

And so JPMorgan used its bidding strategies to more than make up for the money it lost at market rates, frequently receiving in the end more than twice its costs because of the make-whole mechanism.

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Nov 19, 2014

So not just the most accurate price, but it would give you an advantage, would it not, being in that business, too, in your dealings in financial commodities, the derivative offerings that you were involved in?

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Nov 19, 2014

Goldman Sachs may command valuation multiples for Goldman Sachs commodities similar to Glencore if--and here is the comment--the business was able to grow physical activities unconstrained by regulation and integrated with the financial…

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Nov 19, 2014

the limit and JPMorgan's commitment is going to be an effective safeguard and limit size and amount of risk from physical commodity activities.

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Nov 19, 2014

It was their choice to cancel or not cancel.

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Nov 19, 2014

There is a requirement to get into the queue.

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Nov 19, 2014

But by exploiting certain loopholes and using aggressive interpretations, often without telling regulators beforehand, JPMorgan and its bank have been able to accumulate physical commodity holdings far in excess of the limits while…

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Nov 19, 2014

And would you also let us know for the record whether or not the Fed believes that the Bank Holding Company Act provides sufficient authority to place a reasonable size limit on a financial holding company's physical commodity activities…

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Nov 19, 2014

You do not have to pursue the deal either, do you?

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Nov 19, 2014

So it was a joint decision to go ahead.

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Nov 19, 2014

Again, this goes, I guess, to Professor Omarova.

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Nov 19, 2014

Goldman's commodities trading arm is an exclusive marketing and sales agent for the coal produced by those mines.

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Nov 19, 2014

Now, we are going to spend some time talking about LME warrants, queues, and so I want to explain this as clearly as I can.

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Nov 19, 2014

How many tens of thousands of tons did they move to a different Metro warehouse?

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Nov 19, 2014

I am sure that is why Deutsche Bank signed the contract, because they were given some money to keep the warehouse there and they were penalized if they did not keep the metal in the warehouse.

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Nov 19, 2014

So there are certain circumstances at least that you would then accept Nufcor's liabilities.

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Nov 19, 2014

Is it also true that the FERC staff discovered some of these schemes during its investigation and brought them to the attention of JPMorgan and that JPMorgan did not stop the manipulative activity but instead developed new schemes?

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Nov 19, 2014

If they wanted to live up to the deal, they had to get into the queue? Yes or no.

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