Good afternoon. Thank you, Chairman Atkins, for your kind introduction. And, to our guests, welcome to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Before I begin, I must note that the views I share today are my own as Chairman and do not necessarily reflect those of the Commission. I am pleased that my first public remarks as Chairman could be here at the CFTC, an institution with a rich and distinguished heritage of overseeing markets that facilitate price discovery, risk management, and reliable commodity prices for everyday Americans. As these are my first public remarks, I would like to begin with a few words of ... (full story)