Blanche Lincoln

U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee chairman Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., made the following statement after efforts to weaken the Lincoln-authored derivatives title in the Dodd-Lincoln Wall Street reform bill failed. The Chambliss substitute amendment was defeated, garnering only 39 votes. Republican Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, voted in support of the Lincoln language.

U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee today gave a speech on the Senate floor discussing the derivatives title in the Dodd-Lincoln Wall Street reform bill.

Below are Lincoln’s remarks on the Senate floor as prepared for delivery.

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U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today introduced the “The Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act” to bring 100 percent transparency to the nation’s financial markets, prevent future bailouts and protect jobs on Main Street.