"I commend Representative Schweikert on the bill's introduction, which would increase the total asset threshold for registration to $10 million and raise the shareholder of record limitation from 500 t..."
"Increasing the SEC's Regulation A exemption from $5 million to $50 million will improve the ability of small companies to access desperately needed capital."
"I commend Representative Schweikert, as well as the Financial Services Committee for considering and passing this legislation in June."
"I am encouraged by the recent progress that has been made."
"We are grateful, Vice Chairman Schweikert, to you and to Representatives Himes and Womack for introducing legislative solutions."
"These bills would increase the shareholder threshold for registration to as many as 2,000 shareholders, a level the ABA supports for banks."
"The urgency to address this situation increases everyday."
"I hope those aren't a message from above."
"Are we heading towards that unintended consequence of making it harder, making it more difficult, taking away choices..."
"I again would challenge you to work together to come to some kind of consensus that we can all work with you on."
"Isn't the ultimate failure we have seen up and down the system that, whether it be through regulations, whether it be through incentives, whether the way it has been done, we are failing to price risk..."
"I know there is a certain frustration here because the Administration had an obligation to provide us their proposal, what was it, last week, and something for to us discuss and build around, and here..."