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On the recordMay 17, 2010
We need to keep our heads cool and all of this in perspective as we move through this disaster.
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Jim Bunning
Republican · Kentucky

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Bunning calls for a measured response to the oil spill crisis.

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Sep 21, 2010

But the SEC for 13 years has sat on their hands. So if you do not get the Justice Department involved in this, shame on you as the Inspector General.

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May 5, 2010

Why do you think we saw a more severe move in exchange-traded funds than in the underlying stocks? Should investors be worried that these products are not as reliable as everyone thinks they are?

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May 17, 2010

It seems our policy is stuck between a law that is so bureaucratic that it paralyzes action and a practice of not using the law, which at this accident might show can possibly lead to tragedy.

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Sep 21, 2010

You need a change in the law then.

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