Senate Ag Committee - derivatives

Here is the link to the statements of panelist at yesterday's Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the role of swaps and derivatives in the financial crisis. Some of the testimony is below.

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When: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Where: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Panel I
Mr. Eric R. Dinallo
SuperintendentState of New York, Insurance Department
New York, NY
Dinallo Testimony

Dr. William K. Black
Associate Professor of Economics and LawUniversity of Missouri
Kansas City, MO 64110
Black Testimony

Dr. Richard Lindsey
President and CEO
Callcott Group, LLC
New York, NY
Lindsey Testimony

Panel II
Mr. Ananda Radhakrishnan
Director
Division of Clearing and Intermediary OversightCommodity Futures Trading Commission
Radhakrishnan Testimony

Mr. Terrence A. Duffy
Executive Chairman
CME Group
Chicago, IL 60606
Duffy Testimony

Mr. Robert Pickel
Chief Executive Officer
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.New York, NY
Pickel Testimony