Chairwoman Stabenow Announces CFTC Oversight Hearing Examining Wall Street Reform One Year Later

Washington, DC – Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced the Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in room 328 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The oversight hearing will focus on implementation of Title VII of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and will examine its progress nearly one year after the reform was passed by Congress. Witnesses will include the Hon. Gary Gensler, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Dr. Michael Gibson, Federal Reserve Board.

The hearing, “One Year Later: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Implementation of Title VII,” will take place on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. EST in the Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing Room, SR-328A. A live, streaming webcast of the hearing will be available for viewing on the Committee website at http://ag.senate.gov.

 Witness List

Panel 1

Hon. Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC

Dr. Michael Gibson, Senior Associate Director, Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC

Panel 2

Hon. Brooksley Born, Former Commissioner, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission; Former Chairperson, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC

Mr. Daniel Roth, President and CEO, National Futures Association, Chicago, IL

Panel 3

Hon. Charles Conner, President and CEO, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, DC

Mr. Adam Cooper, Senior Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer, Citadel LLC on behalf of Managed Funds Association (MFA), Chicago, IL

Mr. John Damgard, President, Futures Industry Association, Washington, DC

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