Saxby Chambliss devoted 20 years to public service in the U.S. Congress. He served on both the House and Senate agriculture committees and took a leadership role in matters involving derivatives policy and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. During the development of CFTC reauthorization legislation in 2006-2007, he served as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and authored many of the provisions that ultimately were enacted in 2008. Following the financial crisis of 2008-2009, he served as the ranking Republican member of the committee and worked tirelessly to improve the derivatives title of the Dodd-Frank Act.
