Warren, who has painted herself as a champion of Medicare for All and similar policies, said the SEC now needs to review the market activity around GameStop to “act to ensure that markets reflect real value, rather than the highly leveraged bets of wealthy traders or those who seek to inflict financial damage on those traders.”
“To protect and restore public trust in sound securities regulation and enforcement, the Commission must identify gaps in existing securities laws and rules and ways in which the Commission can improve its enforcement capabilities,” Warren wrote in a news release accompanying the letter, adding that she asked the SEC—the chief financial regulator in the United States—to respond to her question by Feb. 5.
A number of elected officials in Congress—both Democrats and Republicans—have seized on the GameStop development, calling for hearings and investigations into the matter.
Among them, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)—an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump—called on the Department of Justice to investigate trading platforms like Robinhood after they halted the purchase of GameStop, KOSS, AMC, and other stocks.
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