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On the recordJune 6, 2012
I have watched as the Republican Majority has seized each and every opportunity to remove and erode every protection that is there in the law for our investors.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes criticizes the Republican Majority for undermining investor protections.

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