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Gary Ackerman: “I have long believed that allowing the SEC to grant the largest credit rating agencies nationally recognized statistical…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
I have long believed that allowing the SEC to grant the largest credit rating agencies nationally recognized statistical rating organization status is the equivalent of stamping a government seal of approval on the ratings that they issue.
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Gary Ackerman
New York

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Ackerman critiques the SEC's approval of credit rating agencies as problematic.

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