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On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
You have single-handedly diffused the American public of any sense of confidence in our financial markets if you are the watch dogs. You have totally and thoroughly failed in your mission. Don't you get it?

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Ackerman criticizes the SEC for failing to maintain public confidence in financial markets.

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