Mike Crapo

It is again time to consider reauthorization of the Defense Production Act, commonly referred to as the DPA.

Dodd-Frank did not yet end too big to fail.

I think that Congress very specifically intended that the assets of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be conserved and be managed in such a way that they return the maximum support back to the taxpayer.

Dr. Piwowar will bring that appreciation to bear as the SEC moves forward with its demanding regulatory agenda.

I have previously expressed my concern about the President choosing to make an appointment of this political nature.

Because the powers of this position are so unique and unparalleled within Government, any nominee to this important position must be politically independent and have the necessary policy and technical expertise.

As Senator Crapo likes to point out, the U.S. capital markets must remain the preferred destination of investors throughout the world.

Dr. Piwowar's experience and expertise will be a real asset to the SEC.

I am pleased to introduce Dr. Michael Piwowar today for consideration by the Committee as a Commissioner for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We are here today to consider several nominations across the numerous Federal agencies that we have and I welcome all of you to our Committee.

I congratulate Dr. Piwowar on his nomination to be an SEC Commissioner.

I would like to thank Senator Mike Crapo and Senator Jim Risch for their support of our communities in the Clearwater Basin.

Collaboration has become an essential model to resolving long standing issues among diverse interests of rural Americans dependent upon the federal land base for their livelihoods.

Overall the health and welfare of the Nez Perce people is interdependent upon the forests.

I'd like to thank Senator Mike Crapo, Senator Jim Risch, for their support of our communities in the Clearwater Basin.

The CBC was formed out of frustration with the gridlock and status quo.

Nothing is more critical than preventing Iran from making good on its intentions to obtain a nuclear weapon while trying to end the regime's systematic human rights abuses and ability to project terror.

We have witnessed a process that appears to be unfair, unjust, and unrepresentative of the Iranian people.

I want to assure you again that the people of Idaho are extremely committed to obtaining Pastor Abedini's release.

Iran's unelected and unaccountable Guardian Council has disqualified hundreds of candidates based on vague criteria.

His treatment in prison has been outrageous.

It is the latter, that we have not found any, sir.

Based on that, and statements not under oath, you have reached the conclusion that there was no political motivation.

It seems that there is an argument being made that there was no political motivation in these actions.

There is a very real and, I think, justified perception among the people of the United States that the Internal Revenue Service is in many real ways the prosecutor, the judge, the jury, and the executioner.