joint action, collective action is going to be essential for that to be successful.

Senator Van Hollen and I have a bill to basically say the foreign investors and the foreign executives have to follow the same rules as the American executives.

I think that while China has not provided any direct military support in the form of weapons, we have seen, according to American assessments, a large surge of Chinese sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics, and other…

I appreciate that update, and I do hope action will be taken soon, because the trajectory... is clearly in the wrong direction.

the idea was to make sure that companies, no matter where they are in the world, that are accessing our markets and using our exchanges, play by the same rules as American companies here.

significantly weaken the cop on the beat who is looking out for the investing public.

Could you just update the Committee on where that effort stands in discussions with our partners, with the G7, and elsewhere?

The cop on the beat watching out for the investing public and issuers.

I do want to commend you and the President for your efforts to address the lack of affordable housing.

Could you just update the Committee on where that effort stands in discussions with our partners, with the G7, and elsewhere?

I am pleased to be his co-sponsor, legislation to make sure that companies and executives of companies, no matter where they are operating, comply with the same processes for disclosure regarding insider trading, as we have in the States.

the idea was to make sure that companies, no matter where they are in the world, that are accessing our markets and using our exchanges, play by the same rules as American companies here.

It is just to make sure that we have a complete, even playing field again to protect the investing public.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We won't have a colloquy, however.

I think it is a really important point you are raising that.

I joined with several of my colleagues here to send you a letter urging you to reject a pending proposal by a private prediction market operator that could allow for illegal gambling on U.S. elections and their outcomes.

I want to thank you and your team for that.

I do want to commend you and the President for your efforts to address the lack of affordable housing.