No Offshore End-Run Around Derivatives Reform To the Commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: We, the undersigned, urge you to stand up for rules that apply the transparency and safety requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act to all derivatives transactions relevant to U.S. markets, regardless of whether these transactions are routed through a foreign subsidiary or entity. We need rules that cover all transactions, wherever they occur, which have the potential to jeopardize America’s financial institutions and financial security. That’s how the rules must to be structured in order to work.. And that’s how Dodd-Frank was written. We call on you to uphold that standard. Exempting the transactions of overseas subsidiaries from the full scope of derivatives regulation would be a giant loophole, encouraging banks to move transactions offshore and permitting an indefinite continuation of the kind of reckless activity that helped crash the economy in 2008. Delay, too, can be a strategy for weakening and evading the law. Four years after the financial crisis and two years after the passage of Dodd Frank, it is time to insist on high standards that apply to all the derivatives transactions of U.S. banks and their subsidiaries. David Montano, Denver, CO Molly Noone, Chandler, AZ Lily Kirsanow, Rio Rancho, NM Jocelyn Davis-Beck, Beecher, IL Bradley Walker, Arlington, TX John Flitcraft, Cambria, CA Kevin Cox, San Francisco, CA Sandra Holt, Casselberry, FL Nancy Rominger, Salisbury, NC Karen Christian, Vail, AZ melvin olson, flippin, AR Ron Bigler, Silver Spring, MD Stephen Hackney, Grangeville, ID Carla Behrens, Longmont, CO Erika Ingato, Zionsville, PA Karin Paris, Ennis, TX Jeni Bettjer, Descanso, CA Jan Stevenson, Stillwater, OK Ms. Stacey A. Ward, Esq., Los Lunas, NM Donald J. Shaw, SYRACUSE, NY Philip Lohrmann, Battle Ground, WA Dena Wise, Knoxville, TN Catharina Howard, San Leandro, CA Ameire Stevens, Detroit, MI John Garza, Huntington Beach, CA Ellen Garnett, Chapin, SC Joan Kramer, Los Angeles, CA Robert Rogan, Detroit, MI Ken Burke, Oakland, CA Arthur Hansen, Kew Gardens Hills, NY Don Brake, Holland, MI bruce tonnessen, deerfield beach, FL Richard Bolotin, Arlington, VA Alan Wojtalik, Baltimore, MD Lionel Castille, New Orleans, LA Richard Duffy, Yonkers, NY Ted Fishman, , Lawrence Meany, Waltham, MA James Alstrum, Normal, IL Gaye Smith, Los Angeles, CA Sawatdee Sanlavun, silver spring, MD David Greene, Columbus, OH Velma Andregg, Tulsa, OK DOUGLAS GILMORE, nashvile, TN Dan Meier, Cedar Falls, IA Barbara Juszkiewicz, Buffalo, NY Mary Coleman, Orangevale, CA Andres Mejides, Homestead, FL Michael Harriosn, Eckert, CO Joseph Silva, Lincoln, CA Barbara Kaye-May, Corning, CA james wayrynen, entiat, WA Dean Robb, Plainfield, NJ Elizabeth Saenger, Mamaroneck, NY Andrew Janson, Pasadena, CA david sorkin, new york, NY DONALD WATSON, MONROVIA, MD Stosh Zona, Avondale, PA James Moran, Reston, VA Sally Small, Columbus, OH Anita Gebhardt, Dallas, TX Michelle Mullen, Lincoln, NE Emily Willoughby, Tukwila, WA John M Persel, Toms River, NJ Joan Reilly, Philadelphia, PA Mark Lamport, Marion, IN Shane McAndrew, Prospect Park, PA Joanne Zipay, New Windsor, NY Timothy Taylor, Los Angeles, CA Donald Allred, Ellensburg, WA Bill and Jan Tache, Penn Valley, CA Karen Thompson, Richmond, CA Colleen Carter, Canyon Country, CA David Reid, Colorado Springs, CO Anthony Capobianco, Bethel Park, PA Patricia Fleetwood, Nashville, IN Jeanne Piehl, hutchinson, MN Robert Cassidy, Harrison, ME Elizabeth Guise, Los Angeles, CA Rebecca Tippens, Colrain, MA Susan Pelakh, Cocoa Beach, FL Richard Arrindell, Melbourne, FL Nicholas Mantas, TWP WASHINTON, NJ Daniel Fischer, Astoria, NY michael riley, quincy, MA Jane Halsey, San Francisco, CA tony viren, machesney park, IL Harold T. 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