Senator Warren Statement on Trump Nominating Paul Atkins as SEC Chair
Washington, D.C. – Today, in response to the news that President-elect Donald Trump has named Paul Atkins to serve as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the incoming top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, released the following statement:
“The U.S. stock market is the envy of the world precisely because the SEC promotes safe and transparent markets that protect investors from getting cheated, so I’m concerned about putting at the helm of the SEC a Wall Street lobbyist whose main contribution during the last financial crisis was to protest fines against the giant corporations that defrauded investors. I look forward to meeting with Paul Atkins to ask about his potential conflicts of interest and his commitment to serving the American people.”
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