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On the recordApril 24, 2012
I would like to believe, and I must believe, that we are all interested in an SEC that can perform the task and the mission that it is charged with.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters asserts the importance of a fully functional SEC for investor protection.

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