Political Quotes

“In this article, the President of the United States has given as one of his reasons to continue his support for the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Chairman Harvey L. Pitt, the fact that Mr. Pitt has required chief executives and chief financial officers of the 947 largest companies to personally recertify the accuracy of their disclosures. What was left out were all the American companies which have their corporate headquarters outside the United States of America. Apparently, the Chairman of the SEC believes he can discriminate and apply a principle only against those corporations which are sited in the United States and exclude corporations outside the United States. That is an irrational and unfair distinction and one that we should correct as promptly as possible in this legislation.”