I think it's the difference between a nice side of business that supports your family and a business that really contributes in a dramatic way to the U.S. economy.

It seems to me that the SEC policy is restricting access, because small businesses are the ones that we are really talking about here trying to access private capital.

We are not facing a revenue problem, it is a spending problem.

The cost of inaction will be borne by the young teachers who are told that their cash-strapped school districts can no longer afford their retirement benefits.

We certainly appreciate your analysis. This is certainly an ongoing series, and we want to have feedback on what is necessary for us to have accurate transparency and disclosure in the marketplace.

This is a beef with the credit rating agencies, is you guys talk around the problem and actually not address it.

Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

In terms of what has happened in Ohio, according to municipal bond strategists, upon the recent passage of Ohio State union reform legislation, the cost of borrowing reflected by the yield of the State's long-term general obligation bonds…

I think that the challenge, when you look at public plans, is that the current governmental accounting standards allow for a range of actuarial assumptions when they are calculating those liabilities.

Would uniform disclosures assist in credit rating and transparency for investors?

Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers.

the cost of compliance, the cost of regulations within your various industries.

the stimulus failed, because the government can't create jobs.

the costs of these regulations don't even make sense, and it just impairs and impedes their success.

all of these regulations really represent a hidden tax on businesses and the cost of doing business.

I want to thank all of you this morning for being the job creators in our country.

It is time we end this disastrous bailout and let private capital get back into the marketplace.

I changed my mind and I came to the conclusion that the Federal Reserve fell down badly on the job.

The FCIC has fallen well short of unity. In fact, it was no Pecora.

Are you aware of HUD or the Administration contemplating any new loan modification or principal reduction programs in connection with a possible resolution of the current Federal and State attorney general review of the robosigning related…

A recent survey suggests that higher capital requirements could potentially cost end users on Main Street billions of dollars each year and put up to 130,000 jobs at risk.

Over the past few decades, the derivatives market has developed into a highly sophisticated and yet essential market for U.S. businesses of all sizes.

States do not want or need the power to declare bankruptcy.

Illinois has to reform its pension system, but it also has to reform its whole way of doing business...