I believe congressional oversight and accountability will suffer.

I think you have a good point about de minimis business, but you ought to complete the work on it so that investors do have access to that information.

It seems to me that the documents that you have compiled... tell a very different story.

I believe we have a duty to serve our clients well.

Do you think that Congress should impose a clear fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests of your clients on broker-dealers?

Well, Mr. Tourre, that is not how it reads to me. It reads to me that you wanted to deal with people who did not 'know exactly how things work' and would allow you to make more money, and that raises the whole issue of whether you are…

I think it is very clear what the Goldman executives meant, and I, too, am baffled that they continue to maintain that they did not have an overall net short position.

Investment advisers have a legal obligation to act in the best interests of their clients.

I cannot help but get the feeling that a strategy of the witnesses is to try to burn through the time of each questioner.

Thank you for leading this investigation into the root causes of the great recession of 2008.

This investigation raises two overarching issues. First, we must recognize that the dynamic innovation of our capital markets can have a downside.

I appreciate your advocacy and championing of the critical Federal efforts that are necessary to enhance affordable, high-speed Internet services for small businesses.

I still think that small business is being underutilized in this economic recovery.

So what can we do about that? I mean, that is a huge gap and a missed opportunity.

We have to be concerned about what is happening in our rural economies all across this country.

I commend all of you for working this way in unison, because that is what it will require.

I would be interested in having a timeline about when this should all be happening.

Well, do you think that it is going to be important for all industries to be working together to determine how best to allocate or to use it because there are so many users of the spectrum with specific reference to Federal agencies, for…