The SEC doesn't have the resources to do its job. In 1980 the SEC reviewed all corporate financial statements every year. In 2000, they reviewed about 15 percent. Enron's statements hadn't been reviewed since 1997.
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Related all the pieces of evidence, all the statements that have been reviewed, all the witnesses that have ... MICHAEL GREGORY They didn't get the time to see the views ABC provided. It should have been reviewed. DAVE PARRY About six million hectares have been allocated since 2002 -- these will all have to be reviewed. Now... FILIP VERBELEN The paper has been reviewed consistently back to at least the 1980s. This is a journalism class, and... GAY CAMPBELL It is a sad day in the history of a public company when its best argument is that it previously file... GREG TAXIN All of the recommendations will be reviewed in detail and taken seriously. EARLON MCWHORTER The process has been reviewed, and it's been found to be safe. BILL TAYLOR Nothing in this complaint has been reviewed by anyone in the party for approval or advice. DAVID BROOKS We've reviewed that film. We stunk it up last year. DIRK KOETTER It's not something we've reviewed in detail yet. JOEL SAWYER We would have appreciated it if the Assembly reviewed it before they rushed to override. DAVID CATALFAMO No assessments on any other scientific topic have been so thoroughly researched and reviewed. ANDY CROUCH Nothing is done until the language is fully reviewed, LAWRENCE SUMMERS We will not be commenting until it has been received and reviewed. HAROLD HOLZER The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with ... GEORGE W. BUSH Everything we give to him will be reviewed. DONNA NEWMAN If time takes orders from man, it would have been reviewed to yesterday to correct the things that a... AIHEBHOLO-ORIA OKONOBOH Every year tuition is reviewed and if tuition goes up, it is usually due to rising costs and general... CATHY ANDREEN In particular, they have expressed concern about legal challenges to the distribution of stem-cell g... JOE DONNELLY We reviewed it. We don't see it being used in our tournaments. BOB COMBS Initially, the site was favourably reviewed in a leading new media publication and the word spread. BENJAMIN COHEN I just got the folder this afternoon and briefly reviewed it, JOHN HAYES This is not an issue about Mexicans. It's about all immigrants in this country. The bill needs to be... DANIEL THOMPSON In response to his request they've reviewed all of his information, and that they cannot ensure his ... DONNA MITCHELL I'd like to step back and revisit the visions that have been reviewed by the Republicans in a nonpar... DAN MORAN Willis Wharf has reviewed this through the prism of their own community, ANDREW BARBOUR We did an investigation and reviewed our procedures immediately after the incident. BILL MISHK The SEC is doing the job it needs to do. DAN MICHAELIS For a company such as Merck to reflect as revenues in its financial statements billions of dollars o... LYNN TURNER I reviewed the budget, went to the workshops and listened to people, ... I have a problem with the b... DON HARRISON The language is being finalized and reviewed, and we should have the complete terms available to pre... JOSEPH TIBERI We've reviewed the scan charts, enrollment projects and we've surveyed staff. We've really done a wh... PAUL ALDERETE We've reviewed the scan charts, enrollment projects and we've surveyed staff. We've really done a wh... SUPERINTENDENT PAUL ALDERETE The peer-reviewed science also shows that human beings do not react in the same way as rats or other... DAVID BOOTHE My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at... BEN MARCUS They reviewed everything and looked over everything and felt like there isn't going to be a fine. MORRIS PETERSON Everybody reviewed what was on the table and we were able to agree to it. BRAD JACOBS Wrong? So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ... DEYTH BANGER Certainly their request will be reviewed ... [the governor] can add additional counties if necessary... ERIC LAMOUREUX We reviewed documentation. Mr. Lee had the lowest bid on four of the five contracts. CHARLES COOK We live in an era now where every episode is reviewed 80 different times on the Internet by periodic... CHRISTOPHER LLOYD In light of the recent deaths, we reviewed it and kind of moved it up on our priority list. ANTHONY CAROVILLANO What I've thus far reviewed has projected me to the conclusion that's the proper direction to take. JEFF STEINBACK Defendants are understandably trepid at the admission of Barbara Berntsen's statements. They have re... DENNIS LYNCH Our focus is on ensuring the SEC has the resources it needs...so that it can go after corporate corr... CLAIRE BUCHAN [Certified financial planners who reviewed Cummings' portfolio applauded her savings efforts.] She i... RICK APPLEGATE There is an extensive sterilization process, which uses FDA-reviewed methods that they have said rem... LINDA SHELTON In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented o... TAMMY BALDWIN I have made a suggestion to President Floyd that this be reviewed by an independent third party. ANGELA BENNETT The district then could say 'No' if it reviewed the material and it determined they (the coloring bo... LINDA FLASHINSKI The California Supreme Court has reviewed and denied no less than seven state habeas corpus petition... HALLYE JORDAN I'm not a literary writer. I didn't go to whatever school it is or have the mentor you need to get r... ANITA DIAMENT Did God create man, or did man create God? Either way, the decision needs to be reviewed. ASHWIN SANGHI Once those findings are published, they have to be reviewed by the attorney general and then reconsi... BOB BURDICK The president has reviewed the candidates and we're planning to post them on Monday. The process is ... DEEDIE DOWDLE We reviewed our process at Greylock and discovered that the best investments are non-obvious enough ... DAVID SZE As a CPA, I have the experience to prepare financial statements. BRUCE BROWN Every SEC Championship is different because the personalities of the teams are different. The compet... DAVID MARSH Winning the Whitbread was a very major thing for me. I'd always been well reviewed, but this mad... JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT Writing is thought crystalized on a piece of paper, which can then be reviewed. TIM FERRISS Whatever it is -- I didn't do it! STATEMENTS The only way to know if the glass is half empty or half full is to measure it really accurately, lik... STATEMENTS I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant. CALVIN TRILLIN I guess I've been playing long enough in the SEC, all the referees remember you. MIKE DEGORY It's not as if I've been unlucky. My books have been published and reviewed. I haven't l... SIRI HUSTVEDT The base salaries for all management employees are being reviewed with those below market to be adju... DAVID ALLEN We have reviewed the tape of the match and there were many situations in which we looked anything bu... RAYMOND DOMENECH I had not expected to ever be in a position to able to say, 'Hey, see the magazine with J. Lo on... ALEXI ZENTNER This was a transaction that was thoroughly reviewed and closely scrutinized. In the view of the comm... SCOTT MCCLELLAN On my headset, our coaches told us it was a fumble. But I trust the replay system. They reviewed it ... BRONCO MENDENHALL Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or conte... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or conte... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or conte... J.R.R. TOLKIEN We've always used [the PHC4 report] for our internal quality assurance program, ... Every report and... BOB HARRIS We've always used [the PHC4 report] for our internal quality assurance program. Every report and eve... BOB HARRIS There is much discussion within the SEC about how Sarbanes-Oxley may be imposing a greater cost than... PAUL ATKINS It's clearly an abuse of taxpayer money and it's a program that needs to be thoroughly reviewed. DREW HAMMILL We have confidence in the State Attorney's Office. They have reviewed the evidence and determined th... GLORIA FLETCHER Young mothers who apply for housing assistance in our nation's capital literally could be grandm... MATTHEW DESMOND We've reviewed the intellectual property issues and are comfortable proceeding with the transaction.... PAUL DONOVAN I ... understand that as a result of this issue, the status of that presidential decree is now being... MR HOWARD When possible make the decisions now, even if action is in the future. A reviewed decision usually i... WILLIAM B. GIVEN What really kind of pushed Mississippi State over the edge is they play in the SEC, they play agains... CHASMAN DAVIS We have a deal. I have Richard's word that Hopkins is in. And Roy told me, 'Let's go.' Everybody rev... BRAD JACOBS For someone to do a public forum on campus, they need to go through this procedure, the public expre... GRANT MADSEN We feel this issue must be reviewed with ultimate seriousness to protect the safety and sovereignty ... ELAINE XIE In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago... JESS ROW The only published, peer-reviewed study of secondary effects ... found that areas surrounding adult ... MATT BARTLE [When I went to Tennessee], I could name you every quarterback in the SEC for the last 20 years. We ... PEYTON MANNING Our desire was that he be reviewed by the parole board for those serious violations. Unfortunately t... RUSS MARLAN The department has concluded that the substandard driveway connections will be reviewed in detail du... BARBARA KELLEHER I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances ... JIMMY CARTER Xerox has an agreement in principle with the SEC that effectively resolves Xerox's outstanding issue... CHRISTA CARONE This issue will be reviewed under the leagues personal conduct policy. There is no time frame for th... STEVE ALIC She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING NASA's financial management challenges impact its ability to not only prepare financial statements b... GREG KUTZ In our five years of experience, we have never had any problems with rental events. It was not an ap... DAVID GORDON I have reviewed the testimony and have no objection to it. Although for the sake of any members of t... JOHN ROBERTS Every SEC championship is different because the personalities of the teams are different. Swimming i... DAVID MARSH I reviewed every issue of the World for the months leading up to the 1903 and 1905 World's Champions... DOUG PAPPAS
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