Some of the feedback I've gotten from private sectors that they're dealing with obsolete regulations, they're dealing with duplications, and in some cases, contradictions.

If you do not, won't the market get ahead of the regulators?

the SEC should do good oversight, just like we should.

What they find problematic is the lack of clarity in some cases.

It's about getting the right regulations in place and protecting the taxpayer in terms of funds.

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I think it is extremely important that when the GAO or the OIG make recommendations... Federal departments act on them.

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I understand some of the frustration that my colleagues have expressed...

There is a mounting frustration that we identify problems and they don't get addressed.

Those are the hard, extreme cases of the violation of religious freedom. Would you agree with that?

Thank you for allowing me to participate in this very important hearing.

here in the United States we're not immune to that.

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It increases the pressure on Americans' pocketbooks by increasing the price at the pump and, really, at every level. It proposes Washington-centric solutions to problems that the States are better equipped to determine, such as the whole…