"I would hope you would go back and look at the many instances of spring-loaded stock options..."
"If XRP is a security, and you think it is and I think it is, why are these crypto exchanges not in violation of the law?"
"It is easier to go after the small fish than the big fish, but the big fish operating the major exchanges did many, many tens of thousands of transactions with XRP."
"You are going to have to take on some cases that you are not certain of winning."
"we need to have these answers because this is our constitutional duty as we, according to the Constitution, are the purse bearers for the U.S. Government"
"the fact remains that XRP, I think, clearly is a security, and we need enforcement"
"At a time when we have an enormous Federal budget deficit, for us to do that, unless the gentleman has some pay-fors, would simply expand that deficit further."
"Democracy works better where rules are published, and the rules are clear, rather than there are things in a gray area."
"Half of the Millennial homebuyers needed family to help them, and not everybody has a rich uncle or a helpful parent."
"Chairman Powell, I want to thank you for bringing to the attention of this committee over the last several years the systemic risk posed by tough legacy London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), some $16..."
"Thank you. You are shrinking your balance sheet, and there's a lot of focus on how much you are shrinking your balance sheet, but what also matters is the content of the balance sheet."
"the fact is that energy production in this country was higher in the first Biden year than in the last Trump year and will be the highest ever in recorded history next year in 2023."