On the recordSeptember 9, 2009
The bottom line is, while the SEC may need new laws and new tools, they had all the laws necessary on the books to catch Madoff.
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congress.govChuck Schumer: “The bottom line is, while the SEC may need new laws and new tools, they had all the laws necessary on the books to catch…”
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Schumer argues that the SEC had the laws but lacked the resources to enforce them.
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