Market Regulators Warn They're Broke, Outgunned By Wall Street

SEC Chair Mary Schapiro and CFTC Chair Gary Gensler Testified before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday.  Two of the most important financial regulators in the country have a message for Congress: We need more money.

At a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday morning, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler told lawmakers that the demands on their agencies to expand oversight are growing, but that their pocketbooks are not.

"We’re way underfunded at the CFTC," Gensler told lawmakers, after a question on the subject from Senator Chuck Schumer (D- N.Y.). "Imagine if, all of a sudden, there are eight times the number of teams on the [football] field, but only seven refs," Gensler said. "There would be would be mayhem on the field. The fans would lose confidence…."

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