I believe it is clear that many of the regulations put into place by Dodd-Frank and Title VII in particular are playing a part in these job losses.

I think we forget that hundreds of thousands of jobs in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other places were all lost due to the extraordinary destruction caused on Wall Street, due to the extraordinary destruction caused by derivatives and…

H.R. 3045, which I have introduced along with Chairman Garrett, would remove pension plans from the special-entity status conferred upon them in Dodd-Frank and allow them to continue to be able to use swap dealers in order to manage risk…

It is the number one issue I think we face in this Congress, to try to jump-start the economy and put people back to work.

Millions of Americans rely on income from employer pension plans during retirement, and managers of pension plans have a duty to prudently manage their portfolios in order to meet their long-term obligations to employees and retirees.

Access to credit, I think, is something that is a problem throughout the entire United States and throughout just about every community.

We need to make sure that they have that access.

As a former FBI agent, I am well aware of the threat cyber crime poses to individuals, institutions, and, most importantly, our national security.

But I would say the biggest problem we have had is a lack of enforcement, and it is the enforcement that we really need to focus on.

I agree that we need both. But I think ultimately, we also need to be cognizant of the fact that it is a balance.

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