mischaracterizes the asset management industry and the risks asset managers pose, makes speculative assertions with little or no empirical evidence, and in some places, predicates claims on misused or faulty information

we strongly urge the FSOC and other governing bodies not to base any policy or regulation actions grounded on the information in the OFR study . . . .

I would say that being a Republican, I have not supported a lot of the nominees of the President. I would say that this is the best American you could have picked for this job.

We thank the RUSH Act sponsors, Senator Ben Cardin, Senator Mark Kirk, and Senator Bill Nelson;

We thank the champions of the Responding to Urgent needs of survivors of the Holocaust, or the 'RUSH' Act.

As we seek to understand and hopefully curtail many of the nefarious practices that seem to be drawn to the virtual currency space, we must also make sure that we do not stifle innovation--especially innovation that could be used to help…

Have we seen any recognized terrorist group ever express interest or actually use Bitcoin for its operations?

I am very pleased to be having this hearing today. I think virtual currencies have for too long been something that we were content to let occur and develop without fully understanding.

I have been worried about Bitcoin, that because it is so complicated it could facilitate illegal activities or terrorist activities.

I would like to ask you a technical question on behalf of large insurance employers in Illinois, to extract a commitment from you to do a cost-benefit analysis if we are to require them to switch from SAP to GAAP accounting.

I want to say that you and I both agree that Manish Shah should be sitting on the Federal bench in the Northern District of Illinois.

Yes, you are, hundreds of millions of dollars, I would say.

Why do it in such a sneaky way? Why refuse to provide the contract to Congress?

I think what we see here is a tale of two beltway bandits, QSSI and CGI, to mainly build what you have.

I have been silent for the last 2 years due to having a stroke a little under 2 years ago. I have come to speak because I believe so passionately in the ENDA statute. This is not a major change to law. It is already law in 21 States. I…

I'm from Chicago where we always kind of follow the money, and if I can't find out where it went.

I supported that nuclear agreement to make sure that there is steady, reliable power to this economy that hopefully could take off with reliable power.

I think already Israel is--or India----It's a tremendous alliance.

As Senator Kirk mentioned as well, India's military and interior forces are more and more engaged in certain levels of civil unrest.

Going big is necessary because this is a relationship between two democracies, this is a marathon not a sprint.

which has hurt their country immeasurably.

My hope is eventually by being an ally of the United States that India just makes sense to both sides.

I think the U.S.-India relationship has a key role to play in keeping China tethered to the multilateral system and in more generally ensuring China's peaceful rise.

I would say eventually if we succeed, we will see State Farm and GEICO battle it across the subcontinent.

Ain't democracy grand?