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Mike Collins: I want to just finalize some time here and just really look at this because what is really interesting in the last few…

On the recordOctober 27, 2015
I want to just finalize some time here and just really look at this because what is really interesting in the last few minutes is many times in this--and I appreciate my colleague from Colorado--this is, frankly, why I believe most of us came into public service, is to have honest debate, go back and forth. But I will have to say as I close here, I do want to make it back to what this bill does and what this rule is that you are going to be voting on. It just says: Let the SEC go first. Now, I know that is hard to understand. And if you are watching this, you might have a hard time understanding because my friend just said that we won't wait on a rule and then that we are repealing a rule. So I am not sure how you can repeal a rule that you have not waited on, and if the rule is not there, you are repealing. No, we are simply saying: Let the SEC go first. So you can't repeal something that your own statement said you are waiting on. And, also, by the way, a Dear Colleague letter that says that we know from many, many of my Democrat friends across the aisle are sending around saying: DOL, we have got a lot of concerns about this; we want to make sure you do it right.…
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Mike Collins
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Oct 27, 2015

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