News Room
2009 Speeches, Testimonies & Statements
November 18, 2009
Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senate Committee on Agriculture
November 18, 2009
Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, OTC Derivatives Reform, Exchequer Club of Washington, Exchequer Club of Washington
November 17, 2009
Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler, House Committee on Agriculture
November 3, 2009
Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, CFTC’s Role in Cap-and-Trade, IETA 2009 Fall Symposium
October 29, 2009
Opening Statement of Chairman Gary Gensler, Agricultural Advisory Committee Meeting
October 27, 2009
Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, Regulatory Update, Natural Gas Roundtable Luncheon
October 23, 2009
Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, OTC Derivatives Regulation, George Washington University Law School Symposium
October 21, 2009
Speech of Commissioner Bart Chilton, “De Principatibus”, Argus Media Summit
October 21, 2009
Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, 25th Annual Futures and Options Expo
October 19, 2009
Remarks by Commissioner Bart Chilton, “Architectural Structures”, before the CFTC International Symposium and Training Program, CFTC International Symposium and Training Program, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
October 15, 2009
Statement of Chairman Gary Gensler, CFTC Headquarters
October 14, 2009
Remarks by Commissioner Jill E. Sommers Before the Chief Regulatory Officers’ Conference, Hosted by NYSE Regulation and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, New York Stock Exchange
October 7, 2009
Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler, House Committee on Financial Services
September 25, 2009
Speech of Chairman Gary Gensler, OTC Derivatives Regulation, European Commission
September 24, 2009
Speech of Commissioner Jill E. Sommers, Investment Company Institute Capital Markets Conference
September 23, 2009
Speech of Chairman Gary Gensler, International Energy Agency
September 22, 2009
Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler, House Committee On Agriculture
September 16, 2009
Opening Statement of Chairman Gary Gensler, Meeting of: The Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
September 15, 2009
Speech of Commissioner Bart Chilton, “Moment of Inertia”, Institutional Investors Carbon Forum
September 14, 2009
Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, New Republic and International Securities Exchange
September 9, 2009
Remarks of Commissioner Michael V. Dunn, "Impacts of the Financial Crisis on the Derivatives Markets", Bürgenstock Regulators’ Meeting - Interlaken, Switzerland
September 3, 2009
Statement of Chairman Gary Gensler, Joint Meetings on Harmonization of Regulation
September 2, 2009
Statement of Chairman Gary Gensler, Joint Meetings on Harmonization of Regulation
August 4, 2009
Speech of Commissioner Bart Chilton, “Sense of Balance”, American Public Gas Association Annual Meeting
July 29, 2009
Opening Statement of Chairman Gary Gensler, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
July 28, 2009
Testimony of General Counsel Dan M. Berkovitz, “Position Limits and the Hedge Exemption, Brief Legislative History”, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
July 22, 2009
Oral Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler, House Financial Services Committee
July 22, 2009
Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler, House Financial Services Committee
July 21, 2009
Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
July 7, 2009
Statement by Chairman Gary Gensler on Speculative Position Limits and Enhanced Transparency Initiatives, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
June 24, 2009
Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, Managed Funds Association
June 24, 2009
Speech of Commissioner Bart Chilton, “Picture Puzzles”, Third Annual International Commodity Markets, Manipulation Enforcement Conference
June 22, 2009
Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler, Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
June 11, 2009
Speech of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton, “Green CAT” Markets: You Gotta Show Some Guts, Chicago Climate Exchange & Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, Sixth Annual Meeting
June 9, 2009
Speech by Commissioner Jill E. Sommers, The U.S. Regulatory Landscape: The View from Washington, FIA/FOA International Derivatives Expo, London
June 4, 2009
Testimony of Gary Gensler Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
June 4, 2009
Statement of Stephen Jay Obie, Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
June 2, 2009
Testimony by Gary Gensler, Chairman on behalf of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission , United States Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Committee on Appropriations
May 29, 2009
Speech by Commissioner Michael V. Dunn, American Cotton Shippers Association, 85th Annual Meeting
May 26, 2009
Remarks of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, "Swearing-In Ceremony", CFTC
May 13, 2009
Statement of CFTC Acting Chairman Michael Dunn, Joint Press Conference on OTC Derivatives Regulation Joint Press Conference on OTC Derivatives Regulation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
April 29, 2009
Remarks of Commissioner Bart Chilton, “The Luckier We Get”, New York Regional Office Staff, Commodity Futures Trading Commission's New York Regional Office
March 20, 2009
Remarks of Commissioner Bart Chilton,“Ponzimonium”, American Bar Association, Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Headquarters
March 12, 2009
Presentation of Acting Chairman Michael V. Dunn, 34th Annual International Futures Industry Conference
March 12, 2009
Remarks of Acting Chairman Michael V. Dunn, 34th Annual International Futures Industry Conference
February 27, 2009
February 10, 2009
Remarks by Commissioner Bart Chilton, “The Commodity Coaster”, Washington Agricultural Roundtable, Brookings Institution
February 6, 2009
Remarks of Acting Chairman Michael V. Dunn, Commodity Markets Council
January 28, 2009
Speech by Commissioner Bart Chilton, “Years That Answer” , International Quality Productivity Center’s, 3rd Carbon Trading Conference
January 22, 2009
Statement by CFTC Acting Chairman Michael V. Dunn, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
January 15, 2009
Statement by CFTC Acting Chairman Walter L. Lukken, Commodity Futures Trading Commission



