Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who missed the hearing but submitted written testimony that the Sarbanes-Oxley rules enacted three years ago might not have gone far enough.

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"Other industries are not subjected to such irrational rules, " A4A Chief Executive Nick Calio said in recent Senate testimony.

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Under tribunal rules, the defense team should get advance access to prosecution witness testimony so it can prepare its arguments.

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The rules for going forward would be Republican rules, including one Democrats had strongly resisted, which left open the possibility that videotaped testimony might be released to the public.

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