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Brad Sherman

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Brad Sherman is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 30th congressional district since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Sherman has focused on various issues including financial regulation, foreign policy, and technology. He has been an advocate for consumer protection and has worked on legislation related to economic stability and national security. Throughout his tenure, he has participated in numerous congressional committees and has been involved in significant legislative efforts.

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Mar 16, 2021

Even if I get a good execution of my trade in one of these dark pools, the country is deprived of information about that trade.

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Mar 16, 2021

American wages are too low. Those opposed to unionization, progressive taxation, and other efforts to put money in the hands of working families have a solution: Tell working families to go play the stock market every day, every hour, and…

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Mar 16, 2021

Policymakers should focus on examining the footprint of institutional players in the volatility.

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Mar 16, 2021

I believe it is more likely a story about Goliath versus Goliath, where the Goliaths are the largest Wall Street players.

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Mar 16, 2021

We need to look at short selling and the fact that we disclose far less here than in Europe.

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Mar 16, 2021

I couldn't disagree more with the ranking member when he says this hearing is about raw meat for the woke left-wing masses.

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Mar 11, 2021

Is Haiti better off sticking with Taiwan, and should we be concerned with China trying to develop a relationship with the Government of Haiti?

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Mar 11, 2021

Haiti and the United States have a long relationship. It is, after all, our first sister republic here in the Western Hemisphere.

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Mar 11, 2021

Haiti is one of the poorest nations of the Western Hemisphere.

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Mar 11, 2021

Haiti has only 14,000 to 15,000 police in its Haitian National Police which is less than international standards would call for.

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Feb 24, 2021

The importance of science was illustrated to the entire country over the last year, as we deal with this COVID crisis.

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Feb 18, 2021

Every time anyone in the world gets this disease, it has a chance to replicate, mutate, and perhaps come back to the United States.

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Feb 18, 2021

We've got to vaccinate the world. That's a matter of world leadership. It's a moral issue.

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Feb 17, 2021

You are doing a great job of wasting my time. If you are going to filibuster, you should run for the Senate.

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Feb 17, 2021

Everyone else I have talked to in this industry says that when your broker is being paid for order flow, you get a worse execution.

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Feb 17, 2021

We have come to expect things on the internet to be free. Just because you are not paying for it, it is not free.

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Feb 17, 2021

Back in the day, the law school professor would create an exam where he weaved together a story that would exemplify each of the issues in that area of the law.

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Feb 17, 2021

I believe that there were only 3 minutes of Democratic opening statements with the idea that the subcommittee chair on the Democratic side would be called as well.

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Dec 8, 2020

Is it your intention to follow the War Powers Act?

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Dec 8, 2020

If you were to, say, fight against Assad to protect the Kurds, is that something you think you can legally do?

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Dec 8, 2020

We have a War Powers Act that is designed to restrict the executive branch's authority to deploy our forces into harm's way.

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Dec 7, 2020

Nothing could be further from the truth, and nothing could illustrate that to a greater degree than the fact that we bombed a Christian country in order to preserve the Kosovars and to prevent ethnic cleansing.

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Dec 7, 2020

You are a hero in Kosovo, you are a hero in Albania, and you are a hero in room 2172.

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Oct 1, 2020

We did not have civil defense designed for either a deliberate or naturally occurring plague.

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Oct 1, 2020

Our intelligence is designed to know when China is not telling the truth.

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