the current low shareholder threshold, could it have the unintended effect of driving companies a little bit on the margin, more toward debt instead of equity?

Under Dodd-Frank, the Volcker rule becomes effective on July 21, 2012 regardless of whether a rule is finalized.

Do you think there is need for this duplication, or are there areas that the SEC would review that bank regulators do not?

If there is any way that that could move more quickly, that would be very helpful.

Wawa is encouraged by the strong bipartisan support of this legislation that will benefit all Americans in this time when job creation and economic stimulus are most critical.

We applaud the House for passing the Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011 and commend Senators Tester and Toomey for their leadership on this.

Both President Obama and Senator McConnell support the bill.

I think Senator Shelby was engaged in a discussion about the cost of being a public company.

I would like to thank Senator Toomey and Senator Carper, as well as Senators Warner, Kirk, Johanns, and Senator Scott Brown for cosponsoring and introducing such important legislation.

This bill would provide an important avenue for small biotech companies to raise innovation capital.

I just have to say that is disappointing.

I want to thank Senator Tester for the great work that he has done on the Regulation A bill, which I am really quite optimistic about, given the very broad bipartisan support for that bill.

It is a balanced bill. It has garnered strong bipartisan support.

I think will also have broad bipartisan support.

the PCAOB's recent proposal to require public companies to rotate auditors, it is an example of a regulation that is not clearly necessary, but it certainly is costly.

As a former entrepreneur and with experience in finance in both large and small institutions, I have long been convinced that the formation of capital and access to capital is perhaps the single biggest driver of economic growth and…

I would like to thank Senator Toomey and all of the Members of the Committee who have cosponsored S. 1824.

I would have some concerns about reclassification to the extent that the imposition of those types of common carrier regulations might dampen economic investment, the willingness to take risks, and that is something that ultimately might…

Congratulations on your nomination and thanks for your willingness to serve.

I think it is unconscionable what is coming over from the House, totally unconscionable.

I am just absolutely so discouraged at Congress in lacking the courage to deal with this issue that we all know needs to be dealt with.

Hardworking Americans deserve a fresh start. America needs to grow jobs, not grow the Federal Government.

The President's policies are simply not working.

Stimulus II is not paid for. It will add billions more to the national debt.

The President's policies are just not working.