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On the recordMarch 26, 2014
the SEC--and I acknowledge this was prior to your time. But it failed to detect Ponzi schemes like Madoff, Stanford; didn't sound the warning on the collapse of the U.S. financial system--or near collapse.
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Mike Johanns
Republican · Alaska

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Johanns criticizes the SEC for failing to prevent major financial scandals.

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