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| | Testimony, Sept. 20 Hearing on Auditor Independence Proposal |
 | | CHAIRMAN LEVITT: The first panel features Senator Howard Metzenbaum, a man of enormous public spirit, enterprise, and energy who well represented the state of Ohio in the Senate for 19 years; Bill Patterson, the director of the AFL/CIO Office of Investment; and Frank Torres, the legislative counsel for the Washington office of the Consumers Union. |
 | | In my comments, my initial comments, I want to join Howard Metzenbaum in focusing on one of the more controversial aspects, the prohibition of certain non-audit services to audit clients, since that's what's generating the most controversy. |
 | | Of course, it is always an honor to be on a panel with the ultimate consumer advocate, Senator Metzenbaum, and we agree wholeheartedly with his testimony as well with the comments of Mr. Patterson. |
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