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Oversight of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation Senate Hearing

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

Click here to view webcast of hearing. (Please note, due to the delay in the hearing start time, the webcast does not actually start recording until about 14 minutes in)

Witnesses:
Panel 1

• Mr. Stephen Harbeck [view testimony]
President and CEO
Securities Investor Protection Corporation

• Mr. Sigmund S. Wissner-Gross [view testimony]
Counselor at law
Brown Rudnick LLP

• Professor J.W. Verret [view testimony]
Assistant Professor of Law
George Mason University School of Law

• Mr. James W. Giddens [view testimony]
Partner
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP [...]

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