Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Judiciary Committee and a professor of constitutional law, I rise against this uncommonly silly and unprecedented so-called resolution of insistence. We have already received hundreds of thousands of…

Mr. Speaker, today, too many Americans feel that their own democracy doesn't respect them, that they are left out and locked out of their own democracy. That is why Democrats today are introducing the By the People Resolution, a broad set…

I appreciate that answer on private debt collection.

Will you work with us so that we can protect the resources that go into training to make sure your people are adequately trained?

You have a very distinguished career in understanding the tax laws and advocating on behalf of others.

Are you prepared to work with us in order to strengthen that program?

The only reason there was an increase in this year's budget was to implement a new tax law.

I believe small businesses are the backbone of this country.

This gap provides opportunities for insiders to trade on that information-- evading the clear intent of the law.

There have been a number of studies that show that there--trading does happen during this 4-day period.

Senator Baldwin and I and the Ranking Member Brown and other Members are going to be asking Mr. Clayton and the SEC to look into the issue of the 10b-18 safe harbor protection.

Well, I am always happy to talk.

We strongly oppose the two bills in front of you, H.R. 4015 and S. 2756, that propose to weaken investor protections.

This bill directs the SEC to issue rules to restrict officers and directors from profiting by trading on inside information during the 8-K trading gap.

This bill addresses another problem involving inside information.

it's making a very desperate situation even worse.

I just think it's important that the President not engage in, sort of, puffery on this.

You would agree, would you not, Mr. Secretary, that North Korea poses a nuclear threat to the United States?