Senator Durbin, Others Urge SEC to Implement Conflict Minerals Rule After it is Upheld by District Court

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2014.  In a letter to the Security and Exchange Commission Chair, Mary Jo White, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and a group of other Member of Congress urged the financial oversight agency to implement the rule requiring due diligence and reporting requirements on the sourcing of conflict minerals in the May 31, 2014 report.

“This SEC rule was drafted in a balanced and thoughtful way that followed Congressional intent in…