Mike Lawler

The Kremlin's war on the Ukrainian people is a genocide. Let's call it what it is.

The independent International Commission of Inquiry established by the U.N. to examine the conduct of Russia's war in Ukraine found that Russian troops committed atrocities against Ukrainian children.

Your obfuscation is amazing. Congratulations.

I would just remind you, at a Bloomberg conference, you said you don't trust industry participants to provide honest feedback.

Mr. Gensler, how much money has the SEC spent to analyze the impact of climate change on capital markets since you took over?

In the 2008 collapse, we raised it from $100,000 to $250,000. We made it permanent in 2010.

Obviously, transparency and accountability and oversight is critically important, but we must continue our support of Ukraine.

I think the more that we can continue to support her efforts, obviously, will ensure their long-term stability there.

Increased aid to Moldova is necessary to maintain economic growth, secure its borders, and further assist the country in responding to Russian aggression.

Yes or no, should the FDIC insurance limit be raised?

I think this legislation is critically important.

I would just note last week Secretary of State Blinken said, quote/unquote, 'We are not planning to remove Cuba from the list.'

This administration has been pathetically weak when it comes to taking on bad actors.

This bill is simply saying that the President should not remove them from the list until such time that the Cuban government has become more democratic.

There are bad actors in the world--Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and, yes, Cuba.

This body took action recently, applying sanctions on individuals for financial corruption and other associated crimes.

Finding ways to ensure that we are encouraging Americans to have flood insurance, and to help them avoid being in a situation where, when you have a flood, you aren't covered, is extremely important.

Let's talk about what is not serious, and that is minting a trillion-dollar coin.

The $7 trillion in unnecessary spending in the last 4 years has caused inflation.

Five years ago, the number-one issue I ran on was debt. It has been and continues to be our greatest national security risk.

I think a lot of people were concerned by your remarks yesterday--I know I was--saying that permissionless digital assets pose a systemic risk to the financial system.

If you don't comply with the regulatory regime, you don't get to operate a financial services business, right?

There are a lot of people who feel like there is an Operation Choke Point 2.0 going on.

Addressing an issue like climate change is important, but that is a policy that should originate here in Congress.

It appears that the Federal Reserve Board is laying the groundwork for climate policy to be implemented through the Fed regulation.