that creates a conflict of interest that just--is just beyond what we are even talking about everywhere else.

A big part of the job of the Chairman of the SEC is enforcement, a cop on the beat on Wall Street.

Your recusal problems seem to be even more severe than Chair White's.

And the Democrats wanted more enforcement.

the American people should not be on guess about that.

I would like you to upgrade that 'may be inappropriate' to you believe it is inappropriate.

Those banks have repeatedly violated securities laws in the past few years, but if they violate securities laws again, in your first 2 years as SEC Chairman you cannot vote to punish them, and I think that is a problem.

If President Trump wanted to make sure that the SEC would have a hard time in going after his Wall Street friends, it seems to me you would be the perfect SEC Chair.

I do not understand how we can have someone who continues to trade in a market and is influencing regulatory policy simultaneously.

we will see some real enforcement of the law on insider trading.

Our civilian workforce has become accustomed to hiring freezes, to furloughs, even a Government shutdown, and it is getting worse.

We need to treat them as one workforce and respect them as one workforce.

I appreciate this because it just seems to me we have got to have both compensation structures and opportunity structures that really help our civilian employees that recognize all they have done, but also help them develop and be all they…

during his campaign, President Trump talked a big game about standing up for workers and creating good, high-paying jobs, but so far, the Republicans haven't voted on a single piece of legislation to create jobs, to grow our economy, or to…

They may not wear the uniform, but civilian workers are an essential part of our national defense effort.

We do not do the same with civilian managers.

We have a current system right now that's completely focused on longevity. Everything is about longevity. And so that is not going to breed the best productivity out of our people.

We have to worry about demoralizing the civilian workforce.

holding Wall Street firms accountable is a major job of the SEC's mission

Are you going to stand up for the people?

It's time now for an answer. Are you going to appeal it or not?

You think it's important to protect retirees. It's important to protect retirees. We've got a rule here that will protect retirees, documented, to the terms of $17 billion a year.

I just want to make sure you're not going to delay this rule any further.

So for thousands of years, human beings have been fighting wars, and for thousands of years, there has been one constant and that is how much stuff can a person carry.

Is that right? Does the Air Force propose retiring the F-15?