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Jay Rockefeller: If we want average Americans to continue to view our financial markets as a place where they can entrust their long-term…

On the recordJuly 18, 2002
If we want average Americans to continue to view our financial markets as a place where they can entrust their long-term savings, then we need to provide them with reasonable assurance that our system of investor protections is once again functioning as it should.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia
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Jul 18, 2002

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Discussing the need for investor protections in financial markets.

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