Last year, ESG shareholder proposals continued their upward trajectory as activist investors continued their assault on the returns of actual retail investors.

It is literally the name of his essay. But we are being told by others on the other side of the aisle that we are somehow anti-capitalist, anti-democratic.

I am one of the founding members of the Conservative Climate Caucus, which is pursuing free market solutions.

As the Biden Administration continues to focus on implementing costly environmental, social, and political-based regulatory requirements, which have significant ramifications for U.S. public markets, Republicans will promote policies that…

my God, the anti-capitalist party is the party that was once the party of Ronald Reagan, who would be so embarrassed to be here today.

Americans are waking up to this Administration's assault on their retirement accounts.

Republicans will continue to stand with those investors saving for retirement.

Let's try not to micromanage an agency that is designed to be the cop on the beat.

In your professional opinion, do you think a briefing about how the SEC and the Justice Department work together is sufficiently responsive to our request for records and communications?

Last December, Congressman Gottheimer and I sent Chair Gensler a bipartisan letter on the SEC's market structure proposal.

I joined Congress in 2011. Would you please stop stalling?

just because an agency is run and directed by Democrats appointed by the Biden Administration, that doesn't automatically mean they are doing a wonderful job.

Do you know what date you started that process?

So, am I now supposed to send all of our SEC inquiries to the Department of Justice?

If my dear colleagues had a sincere desire to properly manage, we would have invited the head of the SEC here today; he is the person who is best capable.

Some might suspect that the SEC is using your congressional oversight experience as a weapon to block us at every turn.

Do you think it is responsive or a productive use of anyone's time to print public complaints in your own enforcement manual?

I want to publicly, again, State my support of that.

I just want to publicly, again, State my support of that.

I find it unprofessional and disingenuous that this Administration would have a Chair of the SEC meet with a man...

Are you aware that your staff has informed committee staff that it will take 10 weeks to review an initial tranche of documents that are responsive to a single question?

It seems like you and the rest of the SEC staff are well-versed in congressional oversight and responsibilities are very well-equipped.

Are you familiar with the production your team made at the briefing on March 15th?

You are aware that previously, the Commission and the SEC Chair did not have to review or vote on every single document released, but rather gave blanket authority...

Are you aware that to date, 80 percent of the documents in response to our climate request are publicly available?