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On the recordMarch 5, 2013
Senator Wicker and I wrote an amendment to Dodd-Frank which basically said we have to--gave the SEC the ability to address that, to eliminate the conflict of interest.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken discusses bipartisan efforts to address conflicts of interest in credit ratings.

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