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On the recordMarch 22, 2017
The mission, as I understand it from many years on the Committee, 31 years here, of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation that is absolutely necessary to promote and sustain economic growth in this country.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby outlines the SEC's mission and its importance for economic growth.

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