"Sadly, today's hearing isn't about investor protection, entrepreneurship, or capital markets. It is about the Majority's latest attempt to legitimize the last 4 years of failed policy."
"Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately for American small businesses, Democrats have been unable to legislate their climate and social policies."
"The Securities and Exchange Commission's pending climate disclosure rule is a primary example of overly-burdensome regulations done by administrative overreach."
"Under Chair Gensler, the SEC has experienced several operational problems that have eroded public trust in the Commission."
"Republicans on this committee have warned our Democrat colleagues time and time again that there would come a day when they couldn't protect this Administration any longer."
"I look forward to working with all of my colleagues on this subcommittee to achieve our shared objectives, making sure we protect the investors, have fair and orderly markets, and create market opport..."
"I will note to the Chair that, yes, the Chair of the SEC was in front of this Full Committee in October."
"I am concerned about a couple of things, unprecedented attempts by the SEC to slip drastic market changing interpretations of securities laws into otherwise routine enforcement cases."
"So, yes, we can blame the Biden Administration for some of this inflation."
"Meanwhile, this President is flying to Saudi Arabia, and won't go to Alberta."
"If you are trying to be apolitical, that and allowing those words to stand with this mess that has been created in the economy doesn't stand."
"I have seen a lot of discussion about investor protection, a little bit of conversation about entrepreneurship, not a whole lot, and it has been a big fat zero on the capital markets side."