ROBERT HURT: “The jobs issue is very, very important, and very, very real to us in terms of sustaining families, sustaining…”

If enacted, this legislation would help startups by allowing them to better market their securities and to take part in economic development events like demo days.

This committee has heard time and time again about the unintended consequences and negative impacts on the economy of Dodd-Frank and the Basel III capital requirements.

I think you--I hope you would agree that despite these efforts, community banks have been disproportionately affected.

I, too, am concerned that the SEC often deviates from its three-part mission.