Mary L. Schapiro: “I would hope, if I am confirmed, Senator Reed, that one of the first things I will do will be to try to take the…”

The $1.4 billion that we are requesting will allow us to adequately staff the SEC to fulfill our core mission of protecting investors.

Following the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, Congress passed legislation that is already reshaping the U.S. regulatory landscape.

Absolutely not, and I put out a statement to try and make that quite clear that we do not time our enforcement actions by the legislative calendar or by anybody else's wishes.

I believe that the definition of 'accredited investor' as it stands today does a poor job of screening out people who are unsophisticated.