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'Golden Age of Fraud': Senate Democrats Hit Atkins on Enforcement

Also, OCC's one-sentence change to charter rule draws plenty of blowback

Feb 13, 2026
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Paul Atkins’ second consecutive day of congressional testimony, this time before the often-staid Senate Banking Committee, turned out to be a lot more combative than yesterday’s House hearing. Fortunately for the SEC chairman, the session was relatively brief – and Republicans had his back.

“You’ve done important work, hard work, a lot of work,” Chairman

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