Don't you think it is a fair thing to ask how they pay their women, how they pay their African Americans, how they pay their Hispanics, if it is based on fairness or if it is based on some degree of discrimination?

I personally think that a lot of the good we are seeing today is the result of the actions we took several years ago to stabilize, secure, and improve the economy and is now working its way through the system.

I am hoping and wondering--have you spoken to either your attorneys or your insurers as to what will happen come January of next year if you have done what you are supposed to do on your track, and somebody else wants to run a train that…

Mr. Chairman, I did, but you just expressed them all perfectly, and I would simply associate myself with every word you just said.

Wow. And people thought bipartisanship was dead.

If I were advising you as an attorney, I would say you are nuts to stick your neck out on the line when you have done the right thing and somebody else hasn't.

Any additional changes to Dodd-Frank's derivatives rules needs to satisfy, in my opinion, a high burden of proof for me to support rolling back rules on the derivatives market just because they are inconvenient for some institutions.

Despite the fact that the Financial Services Committee has clear jurisdiction over these matters, the Secretary seems to think that referring us to other committees is a satisfactory answer to our questions. It is not.

The Trump Administration has now missed several deadlines related to those sanctions, which is unacceptable.

the continuation of our addiction crisis and a vibrant Appalachian economy cannot coexist.

I stand ready to assist the members of your subcommittee and you in any way as we work together to find solutions to this crisis.