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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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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer argues that the SEC had the laws but lacked the resources to enforce them.

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