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Maxine Waters: “Unfortunately, despite being invited to testify, the major exchanges, as the Chair has said--the New York Stock…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2022
Unfortunately, despite being invited to testify, the major exchanges, as the Chair has said--the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and CBOE--are not here today to describe their role in our economy or to help us assess how to reform them.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters notes the absence of major exchanges at the hearing.

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