ROBERT HURT: “I think if you looked at the trend over the last 3 decades, you see that it has been brutal for community banks.”

If Washington persists in imposing a one-size-fits-all approach, these capital markets and those who depend on them will be adversely affected.

I think that those of us who live in rural areas depend disproportionately on community banks.

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 every member of this committee can agree that with millions of Americans out of work, our top focus in Congress should be enacting policies to help spur job creation throughout our country.