WASHINGTON - APRIL 22: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox, and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) pose for photographers prior to a hearing before the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee April 22, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the role of credit rating agencies in the U.S. credit markets. Getty Images logo Getty Images 19 months ago

WASHINGTON - APRIL 22: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox, and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) pose for photographers prior to a hearing before the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee April 22, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the role of credit rating agencies in the U.S. credit markets.

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