Mary L. Schapiro: “I believe that the definition of 'accredited investor' as it stands today does a poor job of screening out people who…”

I think the largest financial firms in this country are just too large, and that their massive size threatens our economic security and puts us at risk in future crises.

It is a great question. And I will tell you that I think--and I do not mean to sound Pollyannaish about this, but that the culture of the agency was maybe submerged a little bit over the last several years, but there is tremendous…

This year we find ourselves at a critical juncture, and that is because the Congress has challenged us not only to continue our reform efforts.

the U.S. financial markets failed to live up to their essential price discovery function.