I commend the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner) for introducing this important piece of legislation, which will equip the SEC with the necessary tools to ensure that all future SEC regulations will meet these standards with the…

I claim the time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Palmer). The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.

At this time I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeSAULNIER. Mr. Chairman, with all due respect, I really think this is, as intended, a commonsense amendment. I do think it complements rather than adds on to…

At this time, I do not intend to yield to the gentlewoman from New York, even though I struggle to understand how the Export-Import Bank had anything to do with what we are talking about here today. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the…

May I inquire as to the balance of the time remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan has 7 minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from New York's time has expired.

May I inquire as to what is the balance of the time remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan has 10\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from New York has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining.

This has nothing to do with Bernie Madoff since the whistleblower approached the SEC and the SEC, using its dollars, was not able to stop him.

I appreciate the gentleman yielding. Working together on the Financial Services Committee, we know that there are actuarial tables and analyze risk all the time. You are able to analyze fraud.

May I inquire as to the remaining balance of the time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas has 30 seconds remaining.

I thank the chairman for his leadership. Mr. Chairman, we all know that small businesses and entrepreneurs are what drive the American economy. We meet them in our districts and we see firsthand the benefits that their dreams and hard work…

May I inquire as to the balance of time remaining on both sides. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan has 8 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Missouri has 22 minutes remaining.

In closing, I cannot support an amendment that makes it more difficult for startups to receive the crucial funding that they need to grow and create new jobs. Again, these are people pursuing their dreams, their hopes. They need capital…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 344, nays 73, not voting 17, as follows: [Roll No. 31]…

That was Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut. I commend the efforts of Representatives Chabot and Sinema for working together across the aisle on a bipartisan, positive solution. Last Congress, the HALOS Act passed this very body with an…

Once again, we are seeing an unnecessary, duplicative amendment here. The amendment, as it is laid out, creates a new definition of an issuer. The Securities Exchange Act already defines an issuer, and Ms. Waters' definition is vague…

You just heard the author of the amendment make the case that this is a complicated process in general that an unaccredited person is not going to be allowed to invest in. So it requires the event sponsor to provide attendees with a…

So here is the alternate reality you are expected to believe in this scenario that has been created. You are going to have somebody wander off the street with their checkbook in their pocket, listen to a 3- to 5-minute pitch on an idea…

I claim the time in opposition to this amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.

``In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be party, the supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have…

I thank my fellow subcommittee chairman for working with me to protect the State-based insurance regulatory model that has served our Nation so well for 150 years. To my colleague from New York, I am very comfortable with this bill and…

Thank you, Dr. Plosser, and I have a sneaking suspicion that your Milton Friedman quote just beat my George Costanza quote.

if the Fed cares to adopt a rule, fine, but Congress should not mandate a rigid rule.

I appreciate my fellow subcommittee chairman who has written a great piece of legislation here. We all have been talking about Dodd-Frank creating this Financial Stability Oversight Council, or FSOC, which was charged with monitoring…

Those five operational indicators are size, interconnectedness, complexity, cross-jurisdictional activity, and available substitutes. Therefore, what is happening is we are seeing fewer products and services available to bank customers…

I, too, urge passage of this bill by my colleagues and thank the Filipino people for their support and friendship for the many, many years. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the…