Mary L. Schapiro: “We need to work together to ensure that we bring credit default swaps and other OTC derivatives firmly under the Federal…”

The worst result I think we could have would be for investors to lose confidence generally again, as they did after Enron, in the quality and the integrity of financial statements.

We think the budget increase is really essential, given the additional responsibilities that the agency is taking on under Dodd-Frank and under the JOBS Act.

Companies seeking access to capital should not be overburdened by unnecessary or superfluous regulations.

This time around, I have had more than a few people in my office weeping with fear about what might happen to them because one person or another was looking into their behavior.