The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is, without question, one of the most important national security and diplomatic posts in the administration.

regulatory modernization will be a priority in the 111th Congress and I look forward to joining them in this important debate.

The choice of Dr. Rice for this elevated position is further evidence of the Obama's administration commitment to a renewed diplomatic and multilateral presence on the world stage.

This is a huge set of issues with a lot of work to do.

I want to hear from you that you are willing to take no prisoners and question everything about the way the industry does business.

halting this program would, in my view, be the height of irresponsibility.

I appreciate Senator Shelby has shared his thoughts with me, as well--that we tried 2 years ago to raise the issue, the closure issue, on numerous occasions in this very room, and had very little response to it.

I would like to create an entirely new process within the Commission so that these matters are centralized.

We are going to be watching very carefully the TARP program.

I think we really do need to think about it.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. I'll be very, very brief.

The SEC is supposed to be the cop on the beat, but it seems to have been off duty for the past few years.