“Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive.”
“This President needs guardrails, not a blank check”
“I cannot vote to fund an illegal war with no justification, no set goal, and no exit strategy.”
“This cannot be acceptable in America.”
“Federal investment like this can transform lives and economies.”
“Anyone responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable.”

Political Quotes

Gary Gensler

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Gary Gensler is the current Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), having been appointed by President Joe Biden in April 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Gensler has a background in finance and public service, previously serving as the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2009 to 2014. He is known for his focus on financial regulation and consumer protection, emphasizing the importance of transparency and fairness in the financial markets. Gensler has also been a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he taught courses on blockchain technology and digital currencies.

Quotes by year · 2009–2024639 total · peak 2009 (198)
2009: 198 quotes2010: 31 quotes2011: 124 quotes2012: 56 quotes2013: 41 quotes2018: 19 quotes2019: 1 quote2021: 54 quotes2022: 8 quotes2023: 82 quotes2024: 25 quotes
Apr 27, 2010

Our system today does not just have 'too big to fail.'

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Apr 27, 2010

I have advocated for no exceptions.

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Mar 17, 2010

We published proposed rules in January and asked for public comment.

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Mar 17, 2010

The more transparency we bring, it lowers risk as well to the public.

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Mar 17, 2010

Transparency leads to lower cost, lower bid spreads. It does shift the information advantage away from Wall Street.

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Mar 17, 2010

What we need in our society, I believe, is that the large swap dealers should be able to fail.

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Mar 17, 2010

We have an exemption for the commercial entities, but hopefully, we do not for the financial entities.

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Mar 17, 2010

If we let it go, it is going to pull down everything else. That was the central lesson of AIG.

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Mar 8, 2010

Giving the Federal Reserve certain authority in financial markets has the potential of setting up multiple regulators overseeing markets and market functions in the United States.

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Mar 8, 2010

I think that FERC take the leadership over RTOs.

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Mar 8, 2010

One year ago, the financial system failed the American public. The financial regulatory system failed the American public.

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Mar 8, 2010

[w]e now face a new set of challenges as the nation continues to recover from last year's failure of the financial system and the financial regulatory system.

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