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On the recordJune 12, 2023
Should it be Chair Gary Gensler, an unelected bureaucrat who answers only to himself, or should it be the United States Congress, whose Members are elected by and therefore accountable to the people?
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

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Torres questions whether regulation should come from Congress or an unelected official.

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