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Elizabeth Warren: “We passed a law requiring the SEC to write these rules, and we did that because they matter.”

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
We passed a law requiring the SEC to write these rules, and we did that because they matter.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the importance of SEC rules mandated by law.

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