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Tom Cotton: “The result is a stew of confusion and hypocrisy unworthy of such a proud agency as the SEC.”

On the recordDecember 10, 2018
The result is a stew of confusion and hypocrisy unworthy of such a proud agency as the SEC.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton references Judge Rakoff's criticism of the SEC's gag rule on settlements.

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