ROBERT HURT: “These critical investments allow our small businesses to innovate, expand their operations and create the jobs that our…”

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

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

Every one of the measures we are considering today is designed to achieve that goal, whether that means establishing an office for small business capital formation, reducing the size of the administrative state or helping startups market…

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