Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 9, 2009
The SEC apparently couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if you gave them a shotgun and directions.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer criticizes the SEC's incompetence in detecting Madoff's scheme.

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