Speeches and Statements

Speeches and statements (including testimony and video transcripts) given by the Chair, Commissioners, and SEC staff. To view these prior to 2012, refer to the archive pages:

Published date grouping	Date	Title	Speaker	Type
Published date grouping:September 2023	Date: Sept. 27, 2023	Title: Testimony Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2023	Date: Sept. 12, 2023	Title: Oral Testimony of Gary Gensler Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2023	Date: Sept. 12, 2023	Title: Testimony of Chair Gary Gensler Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:July 2023	Date: July 19, 2023	Title: Testimony at Hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2023	Date: April 18, 2023	Title: Testimony of Chair Gary Gensler before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2023	Date: March 29, 2023	Title: Testimony at Hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2022	Date: Sept. 15, 2022	Title: Oral Testimony of Gary Gensler Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2022	Date: Sept. 15, 2022	Title: Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2022	Date: May 17, 2022	Title: Testimony at Hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government U.S. House Appropriations Committee	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:October 2021	Date: Oct. 5, 2021	Title: Testimony Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2021	Date: Sept. 14, 2021	Title: Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2021	Date: May 26, 2021	Title: Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2021	Date: May 6, 2021	Title: Testimony Before the House Committee on Financial Services	Speaker: Chair Gary Gensler	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:November 2020	Date: Nov. 17, 2020	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission”	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2020	Date: Sept. 8, 2020	Title: Testimony before the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, Committee on Financial Services	Speaker: Pamela Gibbs, Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2020	Date: June 25, 2020	Title: Testimony before the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets Subcommittee, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:December 2019	Date: Dec. 10, 2019	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission” Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2019	Date: Sept. 24, 2019	Title: Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission: Wall Street’s Cop on the Beat	Speaker: SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr., SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, SEC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman, SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2019	Date: Sept. 24, 2019	Title: Opening Statement at House Financial Services Committee Hearing	Speaker: Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr.	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2019	Date: May 8, 2019	Title: Testimony before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:December 2018	Date: Dec. 11, 2018	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission”	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:December 2018	Date: Dec. 6, 2018	Title: Common Ownership: The Investor Protection Challenge of the 21st Century	Speaker: Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr.	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2018	Date: Sept. 26, 2018	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management”	Speaker: Dalia Blass, Director, Division of Investment Management	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2018	Date: June 21, 2018	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission”	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2018	Date: June 5, 2018	Title: Testimony before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2018	Date: May 16, 2018	Title: Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement	Speaker: Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin Co-Directors, Division of Enforcement	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2018	Date: April 26, 2018	Title: Testimony before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2018	Date: April 26, 2018	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance”	Speaker: William Hinman, Director, Division of Corporation Finance	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:February 2018	Date: Feb. 6, 2018	Title: Chairman’s Testimony on Virtual Currencies: The Roles of the SEC and CFTC	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:October 2017	Date: Oct. 4, 2017	Title: Testimony on Examining the SEC's Agenda, Operation, and Budget	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2017	Date: Sept. 26, 2017	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission”	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2017	Date: June 27, 2017	Title: Testimony on the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request	Speaker: Chairman Jay Clayton	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2017	Date: April 6, 2017	Title: Statement on “Best Places to Work Rankings”	Speaker: Lacey Dingman, Director, Office of Human Resources and Chief Human Capital Officer	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:November 2016	Date: Nov. 15, 2016	Title: Testimony on “Examining the SEC’s Agenda, Operations, and FY 2018 Budget Request”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2016	Date: Sept. 22, 2016	Title: Testimony on Examining the Agenda of Regulators, SROs, and Standards-Setters for Accounting, Auditing, and Municipal Securities	Speaker: Wesley R. Bricker, Interim Chief Accountant	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2016	Date: Sept. 22, 2016	Title: Testimony on Examining the Agenda of Regulators, SROs, and Standards-Setters for Accounting, Auditing, and Municipal Securities	Speaker: Jessica S. Kane, Director, Office of Municipal Securities	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2016	Date: June 14, 2016	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2016	Date: April 21, 2016	Title: Testimony on Continued Oversight of the SEC’s Offices and Divisions	Speaker: Mark J. Flannery, Director and Chief Economist, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Marc Wyatt, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Thomas J. Butler, Director, Office of Credit Ratings Sean McKessy, Chief, Office of the Whistleblower	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2016	Date: April 12, 2016	Title: Testimony on the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2016	Date: March 22, 2016	Title: Testimony on the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2016	Date: March 3, 2016	Title: Testimony on Regulatory Reforms to Improve Equity Market Structure	Speaker: Stephen Luparello, Director, Division of Trading and Markets	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:February 2016	Date: Feb. 2, 2016	Title: Testimony on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program	Speaker: Stephen L. Cohen Associate Director, Division of Enforcement	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:December 2015	Date: Dec. 8, 2015	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:December 2015	Date: Dec. 1, 2015	Title: Testimony on Updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act	Speaker: Andrew Ceresney Director, Division of Enforcement	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:November 2015	Date: Nov. 18, 2015	Title: Testimony on “Examining the SEC’s Agenda, Operations, and FY 2017 Budget Request”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:October 2015	Date: Oct. 23, 2015	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management”	Speaker: David W. Grim Director, Division of Investment Management	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2015	Date: Sept. 16, 2015	Title: Testimony on Updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act	Speaker: Andrew Ceresney Director, Division of Enforcement	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2015	Date: May 5, 2015	Title: Testimony on the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2015	Date: April 15, 2015	Title: Testimony on the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2015	Date: March 24, 2015	Title: Testimony on “Examining the SEC’s Agenda, Operations and FY 2016 Budget Request”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2015	Date: March 19, 2015	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement”	Speaker: Andrew Ceresney, Director Division of Enforcement	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2015	Date: March 10, 2015	Title: Testimony on “Venture Exchanges and Small-Cap Companies”	Speaker: Stephen Luparello, Director, Division of Trading and Markets	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:September 2014	Date: Sept. 9, 2014	Title: Testimony on “Wall Street Reform: Assessing and Enhancing the Financial Regulatory System”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:July 2014	Date: July 24, 2014	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance”	Speaker: Keith Higgins, Director Division of Corporation Finance	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2014	Date: June 26, 2014	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets”	Speaker: Stephen Luparello, Director Division of Trading and Markets	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2014	Date: May 14, 2014	Title: Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Committee on Appropriations	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2014	Date: April 29, 2014	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of the SEC’s Agenda, Operations and FY 2015 Budget Request”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2014	Date: April 1, 2014	Title: Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:February 2014	Date: Feb. 6, 2014	Title: Testimony on “Oversight of Financial Stability and Data Security”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:February 2014	Date: Feb. 5, 2014	Title: Testimony on “The Impact of the Volcker Rule on Job Creators, Part II”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:October 2013	Date: Oct. 30, 2013	Title: Testimony Providing an Update on JOBS Act Implementation	Speaker: Keith Higgins, Director Division of Corporation Finance *U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission*	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:July 2013	Date: July 30, 2013	Title: Testimony on “Mitigating Systemic Risk in the Financial Markets through Wall Street Reforms”	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2013	Date: June 25, 2013	Title: Testimony on SEC Budget	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2013	Date: May 16, 2013	Title: Testimony on Oversight of the SEC	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2013	Date: May 7, 2013	Title: Testimony on SEC Budget	Speaker: Chair Mary Jo White	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2013	Date: April 17, 2013	Title: Testimony on the Implementation of Title II of the JOBS Act	Speaker: by Commissioner Elisse B. Walter U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2013	Date: April 11, 2013	Title: Testimony on "JOBS Act Implementation Update"	Speaker: by Lona Nallengara Acting Director, Division of Corporation Finance U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and John Ramsay Acting Director, Division of Trading and Markets U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2013	Date: March 12, 2013	Title: Written Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives	Speaker: by Carl W. Hoecker Inspector General of the Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:February 2013	Date: Feb. 14, 2013	Title: Testimony on "Wall Street Reform: Oversight of Financial Stability and Consumer and Investor Protections"	Speaker: by Elisse B. Walter U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:December 2012	Date: Dec. 12, 2012	Title: Testimony on Title VII Implementation	Speaker: by Robert Cook Director, Division of Trading & Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:July 2012	Date: July 17, 2012	Title: Testimony on Title VII Implementation	Speaker: by Robert Cook Director, Division of Trading & Markets U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2012	Date: June 28, 2012	Title: Testimony Concerning the "JOBS Act in Action Part II: Overseeing Effective Implementation of the JOBS Act at the SEC"	Speaker: by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2012	Date: June 21, 2012	Title: Testimony on “Perspectives on Money Market Mutual Fund Reforms”	Speaker: by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:June 2012	Date: June 19, 2012	Title: Testimony on "Examining Bank Supervision and Risk Management in Light of JPMorgan Chase's Trading Loss"	Speaker: by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2012	Date: May 22, 2012	Title: Testimony on Implementing Derivatives Reform: Reducing Systemic Risk and Improving Market Oversight	Speaker: Chairman Mary L. Schapiro	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:May 2012	Date: May 17, 2012	Title: Testimony on "Examining the Settlement Practices of U.S. Financial Regulators"	Speaker: by Robert Khuzami Director, Division of Enforcement U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2012	Date: April 25, 2012	Title: Testimony on "SEC Oversight"	Speaker: Chairman Mary L. Schapiro	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2012	Date: April 24, 2012	Title: Testimony on The Collapse of MF Global: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications	Speaker: by Robert Cook Director, Division of Trading and Markets U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:April 2012	Date: April 17, 2012	Title: Testimony Concerning Economic Analysis in SEC Rulemaking	Speaker: by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2012	Date: March 28, 2012	Title: Testimony Concerning Accounting and Auditing Oversight: Pending Proposals and Emerging Issues Confronting Regulators, Standard Setters, and the Economy	Speaker: by James L. Kroeker Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2012	Date: March 22, 2012	Title: Testimony Concerning "International Harmonization of Wall Street Reform: Orderly Liquidation, Derivatives, and the Volcker Rule"	Speaker: Commissioner Elisse B. Walter	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2012	Date: March 21, 2012	Title: Testimony Concerning Indemnification of Security-Based Swap Data Repositories	Speaker: by Ethiopis Tafara Director, Office of International Affairs U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:March 2012	Date: March 6, 2012	Title: Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Committee on Appropriations United States House of Representatives	Speaker: Chairman Mary L. Schapiro	Type:Testimony
Published date grouping:January 2012	Date: Jan. 18, 2012	Title: Testimony on "Examining the Impact of the Volcker Rule on Markets, Businesses, Investors and Job Creation"	Speaker: Chairman Mary L. Schapiro	Type:Testimony

Speeches and Statements

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton,

SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr.,

SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce,

SEC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman,

SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee

Chairman Jay Clayton

Lacey Dingman, Director, Office of Human Resources and Chief Human Capital Officer

Chair Mary Jo White

Wesley R. Bricker, Interim Chief Accountant

Jessica S. Kane, Director, Office of Municipal Securities

Chair Mary Jo White

Mark J. Flannery, Director and Chief Economist, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis

Marc Wyatt, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations

Thomas J. Butler, Director, Office of Credit Ratings

Sean McKessy, Chief, Office of the Whistleblower

Chair Mary Jo White

Chair Mary Jo White

Stephen Luparello, Director, Division of Trading and Markets

Stephen L. Cohen

Associate Director, Division of Enforcement

Chair Mary Jo White

Andrew Ceresney

Director, Division of Enforcement

Chair Mary Jo White

Chair Mary Jo White

Chair Mary Jo White

Andrew Ceresney, Director Division of Enforcement

Stephen Luparello, Director, Division of Trading and Markets

Chair Mary Jo White

Keith Higgins, Director

Division of Corporation Finance

Chair Mary Jo White

Chair Mary Jo White

Chair Mary Jo White

Keith Higgins, Director

Division of Corporation Finance

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission