They're doing a great job when it comes to the futures industry in Chicago. But it is a small agency in comparison to sec. Do you know the number of employees at each? I believe it's 556 or so at the CFTC, and the SEC is around 4,000. They've just lost about 18% of their workforce, including mostly their senior people. So there's a dramatic difference in the personnel numbers at each of these two agencies, but there's also a dramatic difference in how they raise the funds to sustain their agency. (00:57–01:04)
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