Gary Gensler actually said...

Actually, sir, we follow the mandate. In 1996, Congress put in our statute that we had to do economic analysis, and we follow that.

In fact, we do need to do analysis because Congress mandated it. We have to analyze the efficiency, the competition, and the effects on capi...

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

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