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On the recordFebruary 10, 2011
I want to ask you, is it true that the average investor-- I'm not just talking about the big institutional investors, but the average investor understands the complication of this? Do they expect that we understand it and we're going to regulate it, we're going to watch out for them? What does the average investor know about the system?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
Feb 10, 2011

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The speaker is questioning the understanding of average investors regarding financial regulations.

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