"I cannot fathom the logic of slashing funds from an office that is in the midst of implementing a major policy overhaul pertaining to U.S. national security."
"These drastic budget cuts will only slow implementation of the CTA, weaken FinCEN's ability to pursue bad actors, and ultimately, jeopardize our national security."
"That is an astonishingly-low amount that is provided by House Republicans in the recently-marked-up Financial Services and Central Government Appropriations bill."
"resources are important, and they are needed in order to do the job"
"I would like to take a point of personal privilege to acknowledge Franklin Thornton, who served our committee as clerk for the past 2 years."
"Today, Republicans are giving the term, 'investor protection,' new meaning by pushing legislation that would protect investors from their own ideas."
"I find it incredibly ironic that Republicans want to limit the ability of the capitalists, shareholders, who are the owners of the companies that power our economy, from proposing initiatives to be vo..."
"As you know, the SEC's proposed climate risk disclosure rule applies to only publicly-listed companies."
"This House-wide effort is meant to divide Americans by ripping freedoms, rights, and opportunities away from women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community."
"Since then, and despite promises made by the Chair, Republicans have done absolutely nothing to examine racial or gender inequality in financial services."
"Instead of using Floor time to deal with the real crisis facing the American people, Republicans stopped the culture wars by using Fox News misinformation."
"The Republican effort to dismantle ESG is integral to their agenda to gut diversity and inclusion across-the-board."