Christopher Cox
Christopher Cox
Charles Christopher Coxis an American lawyer and former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a 17-year Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, and member of the White House staff in the Reagan Administration. Prior to his Washington service he was a practicing attorney, teacher, and entrepreneur...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 October 1952
CitySaint Paul, MN
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It means that in addition to paying for our own defense, we are actually paying to arm a potential adversary, ... And that in turn means we're going to have to double our efforts to be more secure.
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Studies show that today 75 percent of Americans now have access to the Internet and this percentage is rising steadily, ... The percentage of investors with Internet access is even higher.
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This is intended to be a strong and clear statement from a unanimous commission. Penalties on corporations are an important part of our enforcement program. They enable the commission to achieve deterrence, and we believe it is essential to our mission of investor protection.
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The desire for freedom in China is as strong as ever before. The 1989 effort almost succeeded. The fact that it failed in 1989, the fact that the leaders - over 1,000 of them - were executed does not mean that one-fifth of the world's population wishes to be held under the thumb of communism forever.
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It is about wage clarity, not wage controls.
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It's difficult to separate broad human rights such as the ability to speak and read and to enjoy the freedom of information from what is necessary for the proper functioning of a capital market,
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It was apparent to me immediately that ... the media would be very interested and this wouldn't end with the weekend. It was clear enough by Monday morning that this was an extremely unusual circumstance.
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We are one step closer to establishing a national policy against taxing information.
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when it comes to choosing what's best for them versus what's best for their investor clients.