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2008 Speeches & Testimony
October 15, 2008
Oral Testimony of CFTC Acting Chairman Walter Lukken “Review of Credit Derivatives”, House Committee on Agriculture
October 15, 2008
Written Testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, House Committee on Agriculture
October 14, 2008
Written Testimony of DCIO Director Ananda Radhakrishnan, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
September 19, 2008
Remarks by Commissioner Jill E. Sommers, “Integrity of the Futures Markets and the Role of Transparency”, Asia Derivatives Conference, Tokyo, Japan
September 17, 2008
Opening Remarks by Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Bart Chilton, CFTC Cooperative Enforcement Conference
September 16, 2008
Written Testimony of CFTC Chief Economist Jeffrey Harris, Senate Energy Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
September 11, 2008
Written Testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, House Committee on Agriculture
September 5, 2008
Remarks of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Michael V. Dunn, Panel Discussion: “Futures aiding and abetting commodity price instability”, Swiss Futures and Options Association’s, Bürgenstock Meeting
August 14, 2008
Remarks of Commissioner Bart Chilton “A Photographer’s Eye”, Michigan Agri-Business Association
July 10, 2008
Oral Testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
July 10, 2008
Written Testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
June 25, 2008
Speech Commissioner Bart Chilton, “The Most Important Thing”, Finance IQ, Second Carbon Trading Conference
June 24, 2008
Written Testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, House Committee on Agriculture
June 24, 2008
Written Testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
June 23, 2008
Written Testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
June 17, 2008
Written Testimony by Chairman Walter L. Lukken, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Before the Senate Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
June 10, 2008
Remarks of Commissioner Michael V. Dunn Before the Energy Markets Advisory Committee, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Headquarters
June 10, 2008
Remarks of Commissioner Jill Sommers Before the Energy Markets Advisory Committee, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Headquarters
June 10, 2008
Opening Remarks of Committee Chairman Walter Lukken Before the Energy Markets Advisory Committee, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Headquarters
June 10, 2008
Remarks of Commissioner Bart Chilton Before the Energy Markets Advisory Committee, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Headquarters
June 10, 2008
Remarks of General Counsel Terry Arbit Before the Energy Markets Advisory Committee, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Headquarters
May 20, 2008
May 15, 2008
Written Testimony of Jeffrey Harris, Chief Economist and John Fenton, Director of Market Surveillance Before the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives
May 7, 2008
Written Testimony by Acting Chairman Walter L. Lukken, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Before the U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Committee on Appropriations
May 7, 2008
Oral Testimony by Acting Chairman Walter L. Lukken, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Before the U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Committee on Appropriations
April 29, 2008
Speech by Commissioner Bart Chilton, “Wicked Awesome” Financial Regulation, National Futures Association
April 22, 2008
Written Statement by Jeffrey H. Harris, Chief Economist, Agricultural Markets Roundtable, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Headquarters
April 21, 2008
Speech by Commissioner Bart Chilton, "The Ancient Art of Glassmaking", Future and Options Association, London, England
April 15, 2008
Remarks by Commissioner Bart Chilton, “We Can Do Better”, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Chicago Regional Office
April 10, 2008
Remarks by Commissioner Bart Chilton, “It’s Not Easy Being Green … Markets, in the US”, Carbon Roundtable
April 3, 2008
Written Testimony of Chief Economist Jeffrey Harris Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate
March 13, 2008
Speech by Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, Building Regulatory Networks, Futures Industry Association Annual Conference
March 11, 2008
Opening Remarks of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken From Press Conference Regarding the CFTC-SEC Memorandum of Understanding, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Headquarters
February 27, 2008
Remarks by Commissioner Bart Chilton “Properties of Bamboo”, Futures Industry Association of Asia, Hong Kong
February 8, 2008
Speech by Commissioner Bart Chilton, CFTC’s 'American Idols': Reality Regulation, Commodity Markets Council
February 8, 2008
Keynote Address by Acting Chairman Walt Lukken at the Hofstra University Forex Symposium, Journal of International Business and Law
February 1, 2008
Speech by CFTC Acting Chairman Walt Lukken on Changing Market Behavior through Acceptable Practices, ABA Committee on the Regulation of Futures and Derivative Instruments
January 18, 2008
Speech by Acting CFTC Chairman Walter Lukken on Compliance and Enforcement in Energy Markets-- The CFTC Perspective at the FERC Compliance Summit, FERC Compliance Summit