I will say, though, that in terms of really doing our job, if we sense that there are deficiencies and need to do more than the functional regulator is doing, we do reserve the ability, I think--under Gramm-Leach-Bliley, in fact, by authority to go in and do more.
Reed emphasizes the Senate's authority to act if regulators are insufficient.
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