My concern is that there are pension funds in half of the States in this country that have invested the retirements savings of police officers, of firefighters, of building construction trades workers, average everyday Americans who are…

But what kind of discretion does a credit rating agency have to just decide on their own what they are going to rate and what they are not going to rate?

Thank you, Mr. Kildee.

Mr. Fitzpatrick. Mr. Director, my time has expired. Would you be willing to just lay out all the exceptions to transparency on releasing the data that you were going to give us today?

There are a lot of us who have concerns that the rulemaking of your Bureau is limiting the ability of small community banks to serve their customers.

Criminal enterprises have relied on this method of illicit financing for years. However, many believe that this is an emerging technique now being used by terrorist groups to finance their violent and oppressive operations.

As we enter into the new year, Congress should prioritize efforts to stop the flow of money and resources to terrorist organizations.

With over $100 billion flowing in Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terror, the risk of terror financing has never been greater.

I strongly support the Sinema-Fitzpatrick Fostering Innovation Act which would extend the JOBS Act 404(b) exemption for an additional 5 years for certain small companies.

Transparency and government accountability is what sets the United States of America apart from most other countries in the world.

Government is too big; government is too opaque; and government is increasingly unaccountable to Congress.