As Senator for Ohio, I am proud to introduce a great Ohioan and a great Cincinnatian, Mr. Keith Desserich.

I think we need to fix that problem. I applaud Senator Braun for trying to take a swing at it.

As Senator for Ohio, I am proud to introduce a great Ohioan and a great Cincinnatian, Mr. Keith Desserich.

I think we need to fix that problem. I applaud Senator Braun for trying to take a swing at it.

I applaud Senator Braun for trying to take a swing at it.

Thank you, Ranking Member Braun, and thanks to the Chairman for hosting this important discussion.

I am increasingly worried that we should be more worried about the weaponization of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

My point here, Mr. Gensler, is that you seem to have a very troubling pattern of hiring at an impartial regulatory agency.

If you guys use the SEC in such a politically motivated way, eventually you are going to be out of power.

It looks more and more like not an impartial regulatory body protecting investors and consumers, but a regulatory body that is using its power to silence and immiserate political rivals of the current President of the United States.

My point here, Mr. Gensler, is that you seem to have a very troubling pattern of hiring at an impartial regulatory agency.

If you guys use the SEC in such a politically motivated way, eventually you are going to be out of power.