"But the cow was out the barn? I mean, here--I follow your remarks, Mr. Chairman, because I have great respect for you, and you have said repeatedly before FTX blew up that the SEC has the authority to..."
"I mean, this was an accident waiting to happen, and I don't understand where the SEC was."
"Yes, but I am talking about FTX. I mean, we look back at FTX. I mean, Senator Durbin made this point, and we have this elaborate, complex regulatory machinery, the SEC, which I support, which is suppo..."
"I mean, your Secret Service name is Butthead. That is how bad he is."
"Why did you allow FTX?"
"They paid for it. They deserve to have that license."
"And we saved about $81 billion."
"Took those companies' money, and then your authority ran out."
"You are getting pushed back from Defense and Transportation."
"I certainly have uniform support among my colleagues at the FCC for getting auctions reauthorized."
"We are also for 5G. So what can we do to get this worked out?"
"I think we ought to be in charge all the time."