ANNE M. NORTHUP: “The regulations are strangling the economy in a lot of ways, and putting forth opportunities to move forward.”

Reclaiming my time, it is really a matter of restoring the confidence of the American people that we are going to act in the best long-term interests, fiscal interests, of this country. So I thank the gentlewoman very much for her thoughts…

I am so impressed that the gentleman from Texas would tell us he has six grandchildren. My husband and I, after 36 years of marriage and six children, have one grandchild. I hope that I will catch you someday. They are the most blessed…

That is true and certainly in an accounting system, no one would approve an accounting system where the assets that are coming in are going to have to meet future liabilities without also accounting for those future liabilities. If you can…

In the end, though, this Commission has made many decisions, many rules, completely disregarding the cost, the lack of choice it is going to give consumers, the inability of small companies to comply with these regulations all in the name…