[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 6377

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I understand that H.R. 6377 has been 
received from the House and is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title for 
the first time.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 6377) to direct the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission to utilize all its authority, including its 
     emergency powers, to curb immediately the role of excessive 
     speculation in any contract market within the jurisdiction 
     and control of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on 
     or through which energy futures or swaps are traded, and to 
     eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or 
     unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, 
     or other unlawful activity that is causing major market 
     disturbances that prevent the market from accurately 
     reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy 
     commodities.

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I ask for its second reading and object 
to my own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will 
receive its second reading on the next legislative day.

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