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On the recordMarch 24, 2014
This approach is nonsense. The SEC is entirely fee-funded, and, as such, providing adequate funding authority will not take a dime of U.S. Taxpayer dollars, nor will it have any impact on the deficit or the debt.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey criticizes budget cuts to the SEC, arguing it won't affect taxpayer dollars.

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