Robert Menendez actually said...

"I had the opportunity to meet with the First Lady and the Secretary of Social Inclusion, Dr. Pignato, last week."

"We need to have a strong cop on the beat to police Wall Street."

"So would it be fair to say, then, that if you had to live with H.R. 1's budget, that, in fact, investors would be less protected, that there would be potentially less integrity in the market, because ..."

"The proposal to take such a dramatic cut, I believe to go back to 2008 levels... a $41 million reduction would have a very significant impact on the SEC."