today I wish to recognize the outstanding work of a longtime member of my Senate staff, Layne Bangerter, who has been appointed as special assistant to President Donald Trump. Layne has been a valued member of my staff for more than 13…

Thank you for setting the target, setting the goal high... and saying to America that we can get there.

I am starting to think that the regulatory burden is beginning to approach the national debt in terms of its seriousness for its impact on our economy.

I ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee membership and subcommittee jurisdiction of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, which was approved by the committee at today's executive session, be printed in the…

the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 115th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, on behalf of myself and Senator Brown, I ask…

My biggest concern is that this regulation is killing community banks.

We truly need the kind of vision that President Trump has enunciated for the country.

I particularly look forward to working with my colleague Sherrod Brown as our Ranking Member.

My hope is we will do it in a strong bipartisan manner.

In my opinion, that is totally unfounded in law.

I think it is important to get your record correctly understood, and I think that there unfortunately is too much inaccurate reporting about your record.

the abuse of the power or discriminatory enforcement of the law; two, regulatory overreach that we are seeing across this country.

the only appropriate thing about it, in my opinion, is its name.

I would hope the Department of Justice would not be a partner with any of our Federal agencies in this kind of conduct.

I know you to be a man of your word. I know that you are committed to the Constitution of the United States of America.

Many times an administration will not agree with a particular statute, even though the language and intent of Congress are crystal clear.

You have been criticized for not supporting that act, but I want to give you a chance again to correct the record.

Consumers expect that their private information is going to be protected at their bank and not used to open an unauthorized account.

in honor of National POW/MIA Day, today I wish to pay tribute to our Nation's servicemembers who have been taken as prisoners of war, POWs, and those missing in action, MIA. I also pray for resolution for the military families who await…

I also want to thank you for your past efforts to improve the transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council process by seeking public comment on the report by the Office of Financial Research on the asset management industry.

modernizing our market structure is a complicated but necessary task

there is concern about the pace of reform efforts and what will be accomplished

In the Subcommittee hearing that Senator Warner and I held last year, the witnesses agreed that FSOC needed to provide actionable guidance to designated systemically important financial institutions on how they could derisk and ultimately…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

There is a growing chorus that pending and existing Federal rules and statutory limitations are restricting access to capital and restraining economic growth.