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On the recordMarch 11, 2013
So how can something so important to the economy, so important to the success of small business, with folks on both sides of the aisle saying that small businesses really create jobs in America, how is it possible the SEC does not even have a draft completed at this point?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the SEC's delay in drafting important small business legislation.

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