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Ed Perlmutter: “Reclaiming my time, I would say resources have now been added, and they're performing their duties, and the stock market…”

On the recordFebruary 17, 2011
Reclaiming my time, I would say resources have now been added, and they're performing their duties, and the stock market has doubled so that the people in Colorado, the moms and pops of Middle America, finally see their pensions growing again. So much wealth was lost because of what happened on Wall Street, whether it was out-and-out fraud like in Madoff or just recklessness. We can't have that anymore. That almost brought this country to its knees, and this cut to the SEC is just very misplaced. We can't forget what happened 2 years ago.
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado
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Feb 17, 2011

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Speaker Perlmutter addresses the impact of Wall Street actions on the economy and criticizes cuts to the SEC.

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