Mary L. Schapiro: “I commend Congressman Westmoreland and Ranking Member Frank for bringing forward bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3503, to…”

I believe we can make tremendous use of tips and complaints from whistleblowers.

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.

I believe that the definition of 'accredited investor' as it stands today does a poor job of screening out people who are unsophisticated.