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We must consider the potential of this model to expand into other derivatives market and be adopted in some form by other clearinghouses.

I especially appreciate that today's table is a bipartisan witness table, and it will be a better hearing because of our work together.

Any new and untested proposal that has widespread implications for the orderly clearing of derivatives trades must be given due and proper consideration.

I have heard a number of concerns about the risk, about the threats of their proposed model, and I believe that we must take great caution to preserve and protect our great financial system.

We have the greatest financial system in the world, as I said, and we must ensure that the CFTC's regulatory safeguards governing derivatives markets help us maintain that position in the future.

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the last thing we need as we sort through these complexities and related proposals are baseless and sensationalized claims.