On the recordJanuary 12, 2017
I think we have arrived at what the difference is between me and the gentleman from Michigan. The regulation, as he reads it, applies only to the Chair. This amendment would extend the ethics training, which he seems to support, to all of the members of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is true that they all have to do a filing, as we all do, about our various finances, but that is not the comprehensive ethical training that all of us need to get in order to avoid conflicts of interest. So, if that is something that is good enough for the Chair, it is, presumably, good enough for all of the members of the SEC. I would urge my colleague to rethink his opposition to this commonsense amendment, which, I think, would install precisely what the American people are asking of us, which is that all of us pay attention to public ethics in the conduct of our duties. I yield back the balance of my time.
