Ag Committee Approves Bipartisan Legislation to Reauthorize and Improve the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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The House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 4413, the Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act, by voice vote. Opening Statement of Chairman Frank D. Lucas: Business Meeting to consider Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act
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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. Thank you for being here today to consider H.R. 4413, the Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act. This is a bipartisan bill that I introduced, along with my colleagues on the committee, to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The multi-year process of reauthorizing the CFTC gave the committe... Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Introduce the Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act
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Reps. Frank Lucas, Collin Peterson, K. Michael Conaway, and David Scott introduced H.R. 4413, the Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act. This legislation is a bipartisan effort to reauthorize and improve the operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as well as address concerns relating to protecting customers from another market failure such as MF Global and Peregrine Financial. Opening Statement of Chairman Frank D. Lucas Committee on Agriculture Public Hearing The Future of the CFTC: Market Perspectives
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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. Thank you all for being here today to discuss the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This is the first hearing on the issue, and the first in a series of hearings this Committee plans to hold in advance of writing legislation. CFTC reauthorization gives the Committee an opportunity to r... Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
