Mary L. Schapiro: “I do believe that we cannot suffer under the too-big-to-fail doctrine as an economy for very much longer.”

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.

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

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.

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.