Catherine Cortez Masto

There is now an incentive for them to make money. And I have always found--and I was a former Attorney General--that when you put those incentives there, it really erodes looking out for the best interest of the client, and that is my…

Isn't it true that just any incentive works against the best interest of the client?

I supported the Department of Labor's fiduciary standard.

Unfortunately, there was a Presidential directive terminating Temporary Protective Status and a number of the employees that I have met here that work in our restaurants and food service, some of them have TPS and have concerns.

Then, can you address sexual harassment in the workforce and how you address the need for training, and to stop it and prevent that from happening?

How much goes to Capitol projects. How much goes to staff. Traditionally, I am just familiar with the budget, most of it goes to salaries and benefits.

I am a big proponent of diversity. I think our government should mirror, in our workforce, the diversity we see in our community.

I notice my time is up. Thank you very much. I appreciate the conversation today.

Those guidelines that you have identified, is that a best practice across the country for the State comptrollers?

If it flows our access to information, compromises their independence, and poses significant cost incentives, we would oppose it.

I think we have reached the point in this industry where, yes, there needs to be a role for the SEC.

Do we need to be concerned that proxy advisory firms recommend votes in favor of management recommendations more often than an alternative view?

As a matter of practice, we generally support disclosure as a tool to address conflicts of interest.

I think disclosure goes a long, long way.

And, Ms. Gardineer, would that satisfy your concerns as well about kind of streamlining some of the mandated reporting requirements?

It is this idea that instead of the regulators having this check-the-box mentality... we actually look at a risk-based approach.

Would it be helpful if FinCEN were given authority to work with tribal law enforcement in addition to other law enforcement authorities, and why?

I think it is something that we need to tackle.

I would love to be part of that briefing to get some more information.

I appreciate your thoughts on the prosecution side and what we are trying to do to stop money laundering.

I think that is key.

The recommendation, one of them in there, is a national resource center, which is fantastic.

Is there anything that the Federal Government can do to assist in distributing and encouraging some of these best practices?

Data is key. I think it is key to everything that we do.

I would also like to thank our Senator Cortez Masto for her work as AG in regulating private professional guardians.