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On the recordJune 1, 2009
When a man named Bernard Madoff can, over the span of 10 or 20 years, lure investors into what has turned out to be a Ponzi scheme, causing many of them to lose millions of dollars, and his wrongdoing goes unnoticed by major regulatory agencies, it is clear more has to be done.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin emphasizes the need for regulatory improvements after the Madoff scandal.

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