I was one who ended up here because of a series of bad laws and the voters in my district decided to send a new Representative.

we feel that we have been robbed of the ability to make a lot of the decisions, even though they are tough decisions.

we punted in passing Dodd-Frank. Essentially, we punted to the bureaucracy.

This rulemaking from the Department of Labor makes their inexperience in this area crystal clear.

I care deeply about the retail investor and the low- and moderate-income investor.

I thank the Chair and so many of my colleagues for yielding their time. And we will fight on.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses so that we can examine these issues further.

this deal, in my opinion, is going to lead to war. And it will make war more likely.

Oversight of the Federal Government, whether it is agencies, individuals, or other institutions, is crucial to our system of checks and balances.

I believe there does have to be a balance between fair regulations, predictable regulations, but also not killing jobs.

However, they have also to date failed to comply with subpoenas that have been issued by Congress through this committee.