Gary Gensler: “I think prior Presidents of both parties have raised it. I would support whatever this Committee and Congress thought…”

That is because--and with all respect, that is because they are choosing to try to not comply with U.S. law.

I really do think it is such a privilege to serve and the important thing we do is we look out for 330 million Americans.

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.

We only make information as a result of any investigation public if we either settle or bring charges in competent courts.