Mary L. Schapiro

This is about my belief that their structure presents systemic risk.

We think the budget increase is really essential, given the additional responsibilities that the agency is taking on under Dodd-Frank and under the JOBS Act.

I commend Congressman Westmoreland and Ranking Member Frank for bringing forward bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3503, to bring transparency to the PCAOB's disciplinary proceedings.

Companies seeking access to capital should not be overburdened by unnecessary or superfluous regulations.

The Dodd-Frank Act significantly changes the SEC's regulatory landscape.

The worst result I think we could have would be for investors to lose confidence generally again, as they did after Enron, in the quality and the integrity of financial statements.

Do I wish now that he had been more sensitive to the potential of this issue to raise an appearance of conflict? Yes.

This time around, I have had more than a few people in my office weeping with fear about what might happen to them because one person or another was looking into their behavior.

It is a symptom of the times and a political culture that is quite frankly seriously 'nuts.'

Following the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, Congress passed legislation that is already reshaping the U.S. regulatory landscape.

These are critically important goals, and I support robust implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower program to support Congressional intent.