Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Excessive Speculation and Compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act

Date: November 3, 2011
Time: 9:00am
Location: Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda:

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on speculation in the commodities markets and implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act’s provisions on speculative position limits for futures, options, and swap contracts for oil and other commodities. Hearing witnesses included a panel of experts and the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Member Statements

Senator

Carl

Levin

(D -
 MI)

Senator

Tom

Coburn

(R -
 OK)

Witnesses

Panel 1

Paul N.

Cicio

President

Industrial Energy Consumers of America

Panel 1

Tyson T.

Slocum

Director - Energy Program

Public Citizen

Panel 1

Wallace C.

Turbeville

Derivatives Specialist

Better Markets, Inc.

Panel 2

The Honorable

Gary

Gensler

Chairman

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Printed Hearing Record