Full Committee Hearing

Financial Speculation in Commodity Markets: Are Institutional Investors and Hedge Funds Contributing to Food and Energy Price Inflation?

Date: May 20, 2008

Time: 10:30am

Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342

Witnesses

Panel 1

Jeffrey H.

Harris

Chief Economist

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Panel 1

Michael W.

Masters

Managing Member and Portfolio Manager

Masters Capital Management, LLC

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Panel 1

Thomas J.

Erickson

Chairman

Commodity Markets Council

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Panel 1

Benn

Steil

Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics

Council on Foreign Relations

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Panel 1

Tom

Buis

President

National Farmers Union

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