"I would urge both of your companies, or any company like yours, to consider whether or not they want to be partners in the fight against our adversaries in places like Beijing and Moscow and Pyongyang and Tehran, as opposed to evenhanded or neutral arbiters."
"we have bipartisan agreement about the threat that Russia poses to our democracy and our interests."
"To say nothing of nonsanctions activities, for instance, like encouraging our NATO partners to spend more money on their defense."
"We need to take additional action."
"Even if there is a legitimate use to it, why would we sell it to China? Why would we authorize it to be sold to China?"
"They're plainly using this kind of technology in Xinjiang to oppress their own people and to build their national power in a way to challenge us."
"This requirement may seem harmless or obscure, but in fact it has increased the cost for small broker-dealers quite a bit."
"I think the current audit requirements are like trying to put a square peg into a round hole."
"the cyber threat is nearly unique among all threats that our companies and investors face."
"In hindsight, I think Congress pretty clearly overshot the mark when they included small noncustodial firms."
"I want to turn now to legislation I have introduced with Senator Jones, the Small Business Audit Correction Act."