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Maxine Waters: “The SEC has been underfunded, seriously underfunded. And many of us have fought very hard to try and give you, our cop…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2017
The SEC has been underfunded, seriously underfunded. And many of us have fought very hard to try and give you, our cop on the block, the resources that you need to do the work that you have to do to protect our investors, et cetera.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters emphasizes the SEC's funding issues and the need for resources to protect investors.

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