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On the recordNovember 30, 2011
I don't think that -- I don't think that -- I -- I would hope that it's not as necessary as the whoop-de-do over it makes it seem.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Pelosi comments on the perception of the necessity of insider trading legislation.

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