{"id":20593,"date":"2016-03-11T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/cftc-commissioner-withdraws-flawed-report-time-to-move-forward-on-position-limit-rule-that-protects-consumers\/"},"modified":"2016-03-11T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T05:00:00","slug":"cftc-commissioner-withdraws-flawed-report-time-to-move-forward-on-position-limit-rule-that-protects-consumers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/cftc-commissioner-withdraws-flawed-report-time-to-move-forward-on-position-limit-rule-that-protects-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"CFTC Commissioner Withdraws Flawed Report; Time to Move Forward on Position Limit Rule That Protects Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 11, 2016<\/p>\n

CFTC Commissioner Withdraws Flawed Report; Time to Move Forward on Position Limit Rule That Protects Consumers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen\u2019s Energy Program<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Note: Today, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo withdrew a flawed report that recommended the agency weaken a Dodd-Frank rule designed to protect consumers from energy price spikes caused by speculative buying in commodities markets. Tyson Slocum, the lone public interest and consumer representative on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission\u2019s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee, submitted dissenting remarks (PDF)<\/a> regarding the report in late February. <\/i><\/p>\n

I applaud Commissioner Giancarlo for recognizing the report\u2019s fatal flaws, as described in my dissent, and withdrawing the report. I look forward to working with my fellow advisory committee members to support the commission\u2019s efforts to protect consumers and maintain market integrity by implementing all of the required regulations under Dodd-Frank, including finalizing the long-stalled position limits rules as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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