It is less effective--and we saw this particularly in the case of predatory lending--when the national standard is rathe...
they should be held accountable by this Committee.
Is it feasible, practical, to insist that we have jurisdiction--if it is an American entity that has set up the center o...
I have seen sort of this debate in many different contexts, and a national standard is terrific if it is tough and stron...
the U.S. law applies to the U.S. business.
Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, gentlemen, for your excellent testimony.
I want to commend you for holding this very timely hearing.
We have had a lot of discussion around the Clean Air Act on the costs of compliance with the Clean Air Act.
If EPA gets wounded in its ability to protect the Clean Air Act, I have a real problem on my hands.
I think that is pretty good business for the United States of America to be involved in.
But clearly, there are two roles you have. You have a role to comply with the law, you also have a role to advocate as t...
We had a witness from Rhode Island at that table a week ago describing the asthma problem in Rhode Island.
I think we hear relentlessly in this building from the polluting side.
I want to commend Mr. D'Agostino for his outstanding service in the United States Navy.
I think one of the aspects of this crisis was the huge cost to taxpayers which may have been mitigated or avoided with b...
There is no doubt that the SEC has many more tools given to it by Dodd-Frank to regulate the institutions.
But that would be very disturbing if, in fact, market information was much different than what regulators had.
I helped contribute to that along with many of my colleagues here in terms of the 2008 legislation.
