Kirsten Gillibrand

What should our regulators be doing now or what should the administration be doing now to make it more likely that we will have harmonization in a timely fashion?

That will be very devastating to the U.S. economy.

My concern is that if we do not make it a priority--because I really believe we have to have international harmonization.

I agree that that is what they said, and I also agree that we have made efforts with memorandums of understanding.

I would like your thoughts on that issue.

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Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, for holding the hearing. Madam Chairwoman, I appreciate you holding this hearing as well.

I am really looking for answers.

I do hope you get to address this in part of this hearing.

I would like an analysis and a review of in what instances are waivers given?

I would like to know the reason why there are differences in evacuation plans.

I appreciated your testimony that an east coast interceptor communication terminal for the GMD system will significantly enhance the security of the United States by improving defense of the east coast against a potential future missile…

Secretary Flournoy, you said that Pakistan is key to success, but its will and ability to take on insurgency remains a challenge.

I often hear that the reason to continue to be in Afghanistan is the threat that al Qaeda and the Taliban will exploit the weak state to mount attacks on our Homeland.

How much of a factor are these underground facilities to the Taliban's ability to continue the fight?

The Taliban have never been under the pressure that they were put under over the course of the last 8 to 10 months.

Secretary Flournoy, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter, recently said that Yemen's Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has surpassed Osama bin Laden as being the most likely to conduct attacks inside the…

I particularly am working out a bill with Senator Orrin Hatch on that subject, to begin to develop these international protocols for enforcement.

I'd like you to comment on what you think we need to do to address that, whether there is sufficient protocols available on an international perspective to address that.

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During Dodd-Frank we worked very hard to ensure that municipalities and other entities that had little experience in the swap markets would be protected while continuing to provide market access to entities that need to address their risk.

In terms of international harmonization, one of the concerns that I have is in timing and making sure we have a timetable because obviously we do not want to create the opportunity for regulatory arbitrage.

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