Brad Sherman

Do they value it as a fully secured loan or a completely unsecured loan if it is secured by Bitcoin or Hamster coin, or do you just not know?

Why do we not have a payee matching system?

Let's talk about this every week. I look forward to your call next week, and every week until we solve this problem.

What is worse is that they are committing extra judicial execution of civilians, sexual enslavement of women, and other terrible human rights abuses.

No. What is unparalleled is what happened in northern Ethiopia.

It is outrageous that this conflict has not gotten more attention in the world.

It is time to act. It has been a year. What would be even better of course is if Eritrea withdrew its troops.

I am also pleased that you issued proposed rules dealing with Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans.

I want to commend your efforts on junk fees.

Every time a bank is incentivized to buy that long-term debt on a securities market, that is money they can't lend to a local pizzeria.

You are doing a tiny step forward when you had a massive crisis thought to be a risk to our entire economy.

I am flabbergasted that it has taken until now for you to propose regulations to say that banks have to recognize unrealized losses on held-for-sale securities.

You worked hard on these regulations, but as I will point out to you, they discriminate against the environment, they discriminate against first-time homebuyers, and they discriminate against small businesses.

The question is, will I still be alive when you write regulations responding to the 2023 crisis?

It concerns me to hear your opening testimony when you describe how these regulations are a response to the 2008 crisis. It is a little late to be writing regulations in response to the 2008 crisis.

I am surprised to hear Republicans criticizing you for visiting Europe, because European standards are lower than American standards and more in tune with what they are advocating for you to adopt.

I cannot think of a better way to undermine that effort than to let the American people know the truth, which is that the money we send to Afghanistan is in part purloined not just by the ordinary corruption but also by those who want to…

This is not an attempt to prevent Americans from investing in China across-the-board but to make that system fair and reasonable and provide adequate investor protection.

Capital builds economies, and from a macroeconomic standpoint, we would prefer that Americans not invest in China but invest here.

The most important issue affecting the SEC is the possible shutdown of the government in 15 days.

I will just comment that there is a range of different approaches to different countries.

This is a good resolution. It is bipartisan.

The President speaks for--I'll let his words stand.

The President was asked whether we would commit American men and women to fight if Taiwan were invaded and he said yes.

It impairs American security.