On the recordSeptember 9, 2009
When I got to Congress in 1980, the SEC was one of the premier civil service organizations in the Government.
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congress.govChuck Schumer: “When I got to Congress in 1980, the SEC was one of the premier civil service organizations in the Government.”
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Schumer reflects on the decline of the SEC since he entered Congress.
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