Our amendment would have required the securitized product to be assigned for rating by the SEC rather than having the companies themselves shop around for their favorite rating agency.
Roger Wicker: “Our amendment would have required the securitized product to be assigned for rating by the SEC rather than having the…”
On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
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Wicker explains the purpose of the Franken-Wicker amendment.
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