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On the recordJanuary 26, 2009
So merely someone saying to you, creating this fiction, in a sense, that FINRA all of a sudden has to stop everything, you cannot--do you believe the--I have read the statutory language, and it seems to me quite clear that the ability to reach and to get documents and evidence where there is suspicion of fraud does not have a bright line to it.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Dodd questions the limitations of FINRA's jurisdiction over Madoff's operations.

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