Jim Himes

The criticism forgets when words like 'tsunami' are bantered about, what kind of tsunami hit America households in 2008 and 2009.

We should do this, but we should do it with care and deliberation and not worshipping at the alter of deregulation.

At the core of what we are talking about is protecting American investors from risky securities.

$250 billion in market cap obliterated in the meltdown which David Schweikert called a little financial rollercoaster.

I get about $7 billion, a very--

I have actually found this discussion incredibly interesting. And I think anyone listening to the panel would arrive at the conclusion that yes, regulation does impose costs on companies like Mr. Hatfield's, costs that may or may not be…

If we pursued that policy, it would actually not be helpful toward full employment?

I happen to think that the reforms in Dodd-Frank, many of them are terribly, terribly important.

Sovereign states, regardless of how we feel about their activities or motivations, are entitled to protection under sovereign immunity and to due process.

Since March 2009, shortly after the President took office, the stock market alone has restored $7.2 trillion in household wealth to U.S. investors.

We are obviously here for political reasons.

How have investors in this country fared over the Obama Administration?

I have watched as the Republican Majority has seized each and every opportunity to remove and erode every protection that is there in the law for our investors.

Centuries of experience with bubbles and crashes have shown us the need for smart regulation--how important that is to well-functioning markets.

Please help pass The farm bill. You must protect the best interest of consumers and farmers and not Special Interest and Lobbyist.

Rep. James Himes, Please help maintain the integrity of foods as it was intended.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Connecticut will be postponed. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas The…

We therefore appreciate this subcommittee's consideration of legislation that would clarify the territorial scope of U.S. law.

Thank you for holding this hearing and for the comity with which we have worked together on this legislation.

Proposals such as the Himes-Garrett bill will increase certainty for market participants and resolve inevitable conflicts that would result from overlapping regulations in foreign jurisdictions.

I think the Himes-Garrett legislation here is the right approach. It brings much needed balance back into the process.

I am really hopeful we are going to get something done here in good bipartisan fashion.

I get a lot more comfortable on this stuff, on these ideas, if the investors who are purchasing these securities understand that they are purchasing a slightly different category of securities than everything else.

Look, we get things done in this committee, and we do get things done in this committee because we are factual and we leave ideology behind.

I am an original cosponsor of the legislation that we are here to talk about, so I am very excited about it.