The Capital Markets, Economic, and Information Security Task Force is a project of the House Republican Policy Committee, a panel comprised of GOP leadership and top committee members, which explores various issues and makes legislative recommendations based on their findings.
During a stop in Chicago today, Fossella stopped to talk with CNBC’s Rick Santelli on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The interview appears in two parts on this page.
The New York congressman was in the middle of a day-long field hearing, including panels with members of the CBOT, the CME, the Chicago Stock Exchange, and other Midwest regional boards of trade.
“Our main purpose is to ensure that the U.S. remains the envy of the world when it comes to raising capital," Rep. Fossella told Santelli of his committee. "We need to realize it’s no longer the only game in town.”