Gary Gensler: “I would agree that it is always important, not just on real estate but also on other mandates from Congress, to follow…”

I hope we can discuss today how undermining the SEC's mission by furloughing 90 percent of your staff will affect this country and your ability to protect our markets.

The only thing political is protecting the American public, which I think Members of both sides of the aisle will probably agree with.

the initial public offering market would be shut down with the government

I think that the Congress' wisdom was to have an agency to oversee disclosure-based markets where issuers are asking the public to buy and sell their securities.