KEITH J. ROTHFUS: “Do you believe that the regulators are arbitrarily discouraging banks from providing loans to small businesses that…”

But some of the data has really come in, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages for most workers, by 80 percent, are actually down since the tax cut passed.

Our financial sector has undergone significant changes in the past few years. We have witnessed a distressing trend of consolidation and closures, driven, in part, by overregulation.

Isn't Mr. Comey's decision to usurp the authority of the Attorney General in order to protect the Bureau inherently a political decision?

Given this distinction, how will the Fed be tailoring regulations for banks above the $250 billion threshold?