"This is a very important and a very timely hearing."
"Can you express with full confidence that all banks above $50 billion in assets have access to sufficient liquidity to guard against unexpected deposit overflows from uninsured depositors?"
"The significant increase in U.S. capital requirements related to banks' trading activities has so far differed from the approach taken elsewhere around the world."
"Do you see any dangers? Because this is a pretty large differentiation between the results and activities."
"Why is there such a discrepancy between the European regulators and us here in the United States?"
"I want all Americans to know that we on the Agriculture Committee condemn all bigotry, including race-motivated threats and acts of violence."
"Thank you. And, Ambassador Tom, you note in your testimony that intellectual property theft is one of the primary threats posed by China."
"Food makes the Agriculture Committee the most powerful Committee up here in Congress because you can do without a lot of things, but the one thing we cannot do without is food."
"American farmers need large markets to export their products, and when those markets are lost, who does it harm? Our farmers, and then the American people."
"The world is watching us today on this very strategic national security issue."
"This would have drastic impacts on American agricultural production, it would increase costs for consumers, and would almost certainly lead to devastating retaliatory tariffs placed on the U.S. agricu..."