Unfortunately, VA's lack of cooperation has been a longstanding issue that continues to this day.

Whenever we think about what Congress does, it is the 50 States, and then the territories are left out.

The SEC plays a pivotal role in ensuring fairness, openness, and truth in our financial markets.

I believe that further attempts to limit the SEC's ability to protect financial markets and the economy would greatly harm the prospects for a Financial Services appropriations bill.

In my view, Dodd-Frank gave the SEC the responsibility to do that, to study it, to potentially develop a uniform definition, and DOL seems to be moving on their own.

I think one of the things that makes this country great is that we deal with our past and we try to correct mistakes we have made in the past.

Many House Democrats opposed the omnibus bill last year because of this provision, including myself.

I am still one of the perhaps few believers that it was a lack of oversight by the SEC that helped cause part of the problem on Wall Street.

I think he played a major role in integrating America, and I think all of us owe him and his memory and his legacy a great debt of gratitude.

For me to say that I did not know that this was going to turn into a net neutrality hearing would have been foolish, because I know that that is the issue of the day.

I just hope that you do two things: that you continue to do the work you are doing, but that you also, both, the whole Commission, pays attention to our schools, pays attention to those who do not still have in this country access to the…

If it is not broke, do not fix it. But some things are so important to us that even if we think they are not broke, they need tweaking, they need adjustments, they need oversight, they need support, and they need growth.

My concern was the breaches that have taken place with our veterans nationwide.

I firmly believe that it is of the utmost importance for consumers and businesses that they have assurances that their Internet content and access will be treated the same way as everyone else's.

We had 4 million comments from Americans, and never had any of that kind of outpouring before.

I do not understand the argument or the conspiracy theory that in some way the President had inappropriate influence.

Unfortunately, the subcommittee has hampered the ability to meet these challenges by forcing the FCC to operate with the same level of funding for the last two years.

Lack of certainty is a wet blanket on investment. Lack of certainty is a wet blanket on innovation.