Chris Van Hollen

It seems to me in addition to making it easier to remedy the situation from the point of view of a consumer, we should also create greater incentives for the CRAs to get it right in the first place.

I do not want a bill that is a truly bipartisan bill to fall through the cracks like this.

We strongly oppose the two bills in front of you, H.R. 4015 and S. 2756, that propose to weaken investor protections.

This bill directs the SEC to issue rules to restrict officers and directors from profiting by trading on inside information during the 8-K trading gap.

This gap provides opportunities for insiders to trade on that information-- evading the clear intent of the law.

This bill addresses another problem involving inside information.

Senator Baldwin and I and the Ranking Member Brown and other Members are going to be asking Mr. Clayton and the SEC to look into the issue of the 10b-18 safe harbor protection.

There have been a number of studies that show that there--trading does happen during this 4-day period.

Well, I am always happy to talk.

Turkey has just unlawfully taken Pastor Brunson, and so I also would like your commitment that Pastor Brunson is not going to be used as a bargaining chip with Turkey for cooperation with the Turks.

You have to choose. You're a NATO ally. You shouldn't be doing something that puts your fellow NATO allies at risk.

I think we want a more definitive statement.

I just think it's important that the President not engage in, sort of, puffery on this.

You would agree, would you not, Mr. Secretary, that North Korea poses a nuclear threat to the United States?

I'm opposed to the summit meetings when it simply provides a propaganda windfall to our adversaries.

I've introduced a piece of legislation, a bipartisan bill, with Senator Rubio called the Deter Act.

It's making a very desperate situation even worse.

There's also the issue of some of the aid funding that had been previously allocated to the West Bank and Gaza.

Many emerging businesses find that the process of going public is too complex and expensive.

If I may, I just want to emphasize that final point made by the Senator from Arkansas, which is that it is going to be very important that we keep this provision in the Defense authorization bill as it winds its way through the process. I…

And there was since a recommendation based on a 2013 study from outside peer groups recommending a separation;

Let me tell you, I will make sure, along with national leading civil rights groups, that you understand that there is discrimination in our society in this regard, and that you do not water down what limited protections already exist.

I look forward to following up.

Do you have any reason to contest the conclusion that there was pricing discrimination in this case in Baltimore City?

In my State of Maryland, in Baltimore, a case was brought against Wells Fargo back in 2011 for pricing discrimination.