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Tom Cotton: “The SEC gave itself a surveillance database on the backs of American investors and never bothered to ask Congress.…”

On the recordMay 30, 2026
The SEC gave itself a surveillance database on the backs of American investors and never bothered to ask Congress. That’s not how the Constitution works. It is time to end it.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton challenges SEC's surveillance system.

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