"I hope that you will be able to propose a rate that is based on real, verifiable transactions, not surveys."
"It is distressing that you will not listen to Congress when it comes just to the timing of when you are going publish these rules."
"If I can interrupt, I am not sure that you will ever be able to buy a ham sandwich for a Bitcoin, but Facebook is a powerful organization."
"This country could move radically to the right or the left. In fact, I think it may be given that choice in just a few months."
"It is obviously bad accounting. It cannot be defended."
"When the titans of industry, the most important men and women in business, are told that they can increase reported earnings per share by jumping, their only question is, 'How high?'"
"The most powerful economic engine in history is the American private sector."
"I am sure the gentleman is gratified that the impact on low- and moderate-income families and families of color will be delayed to some degree until 2023."
"The decision to instead affect the basic financial statements poses a grave danger to our whole concept of accounting."
"If you write the rules of the game, you control what the players and the teams do."
"The FASB has a bigger impact on Americans' lives than any other entity I can name, that they can't name and do not know about."