GARY G. MILLER: “We cannot survive this democracy unless there is more confidence in our elected officials than there is now.”

I enjoyed your opening statement. You talked about empowering consumers, fair, transparent, and competitive marketplaces, and dealing with bad actors.

Sequestration will have dire consequences for rural America which, in many ways, depends on aviation much more than any other part of our country.

The rules being proposed are bank-centric and do not take into account the fundamental differences between how banks and insurance companies operate.

There is no question that robust capital standards, when properly applied, will help protect our economy.