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Pat Toomey

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Patrick Toomey is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 2011 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Toomey was known for his focus on fiscal conservatism, economic growth, and limited government. During his tenure, he served on several Senate committees, including the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, where he was involved in financial regulation and economic policy discussions.

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Jul 19, 2011

We can lower the burdens and obstacles in both of these categories.

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Jul 19, 2011

It is not very useful to investors to have the reams of data about Sarbanes-Oxley for a firm that has no revenue yet.

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Jul 19, 2011

You know, Pennsylvania is a home to a very large number of very, very successful bio companies.

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Jul 19, 2011

I really want to give you all the credit I can for raising this very, very important issue.

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Jul 13, 2011

There is a big, big difference between a payment default on our debt and the other kinds of payment disruptions.

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Jul 13, 2011

I think this Administration would be wise to send an unambiguous message to the market that under no circumstances would they tolerate a default on our debt which is entirely under their control to prevent.

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Jul 13, 2011

I find the activism at the Fed right now a major turn-off and I am very concerned.

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Jul 13, 2011

My concern is that this distorts markets, intentionally, actually.

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Jun 28, 2011

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to commend you. I think this is a very sensible and very thoughtful proposal that lays out a phased implementation that makes a lot of sense and, frankly, is very helpful.

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Jun 28, 2011

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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Jun 28, 2011

I wonder if you have a different perspective on this.

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Jun 28, 2011

I'm not sure there is yet a consensus on how to best protect consumers or whether a legislative solution is, indeed, the best method for doing so.

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