"Given the Republican overreach we have seen, and I dare say we will see today, a better title for this hearing would be, 'Republican Micromanagement of the SEC Run Amok.'"
"Micromanagement run amok by House Republicans is putting at risk the SEC's ability to regulate the likes of FTX and other bad actors who destroy investors' dreams with ignoble schemes."
"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."
"Let's try not to micromanage an agency that is designed to be the cop on the beat."
"It seems like you and the rest of the SEC staff are well-versed in congressional oversight and responsibilities are very well-equipped."
"Some might suspect that the SEC is using your congressional oversight experience as a weapon to block us at every turn."
"Do you know what date you started that process?"
"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?"
"So, am I now supposed to send all of our SEC inquiries to the Department of Justice?"
"Are you familiar with the production your team made at the briefing on March 15th?"
"Do you think it is responsive or a productive use of anyone's time to print public complaints in your own enforcement manual?"
"Are you aware that to date, 80 percent of the documents in response to our climate request are publicly available?"