José E. Serrano

I believe that some of these problems are symptomatic of the fundamental problems within the SEC's organization and structure.

can what happened in 2008 happen again and what role can the SEC play in making sure that it doesn't happen.

The General Services Administration plays an important role in the federal government, both as a landlord and as a procurement hub.

One of the key lessons from Katrina is going to be if the coordination has worked better as far as how the federal government responds to a disaster.

There are a lot of people out there who actually think that SBA is strictly a grants program, that somehow there is no repayment involved.

Thank you for your style of conducting the hearings and your treatment of us.

I look forward to hearing how things are going at the agency now that you have had some time to get your feet under you.

I am concerned about whether, with the sequester, you have sufficient resources to do that job.

I am heartened that we now have a former U.S. Attorney leading the agency because I believe you understand the importance of these core missions.

I wanted to say something nice.

Now I cannot emphasize enough that that has been, as you well know, something that we New Yorkers thought would never happen in our part of the world, and the devastation has been massive.

Unfortunately, we cannot discuss the fiscal year 2014 budget request without talking about the elephant in the room.

I really want to thank you for your service, for your work, for the study you've undertaken.

When I was chairman of this committee one of the surprises was having people from the SEC coming and basically tell us we don't need any more money.

I must admit publicly that I was pleased when President Obama announced his nomination of Chairman White as the new head of the SEC.

The SBA, as the chairman said, plays a vital role in all of our districts, helping businesses to get started, to expand, and to serve and employ our constituents.

What do you know fully the effects so far to be on the SBA?

I would like to join you in welcoming acting GSA administrator, Dan Tangherlini, before the Subcommittee.

I thank the ranking member. As the ranking member of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, I wanted to outline several areas of concern in this section of the bill. Several agencies under the…

I think we have to stop all the mean talk and deal with an issue and get these folks out of the shadows.

The next generation has a right to depend on us to educate the next generations for the challenges they will face.

The IRS needs funding to update the computer systems and answer any questions that taxpayers have about these new provisions.

I think the gentleman needs to know if he doesn't know already that some folks in this Congress are not going to be satisfied until the President gets blamed directly for this taking place.

there are consequences to the fact that we are cutting this budget, your budget all the time.

No one should have been targeted. No one should have been singled out for any bad treatment.