Mary L. Schapiro: “We think the budget increase is really essential, given the additional responsibilities that the agency is taking on…”

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

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

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