I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 1, insert after ``making'' the following: ``, in addition to being in the interest of protecting investors,''. Page 5, line 21, insert after the period the following: ``Whenever pursuant to this paragraph the Commission is engaged in a review, it shall consider whether an action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, the protection of investors, and whether the action will promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 40, the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York.
Nydia M. Velazquez: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”
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