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Date Sort ascending	Title	Speaker	Type
Sept. 24, 2018	Wolves and Wolverines: Remarks at the University of Michigan Law School	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
Sept. 21, 2018	My Beef with Stakeholders: Remarks at the 17th Annual SEC Conference, Center for Corporate Reporting and Governance	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
Sept. 12, 2018	Motherhood and Humble Pie: Remarks before the Cato Institute’s FinTech Unbound Conference	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
July 26, 2018	Dissent of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce to Release No. 34-83723; File No. SR-BatsBZX-2016-30	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
July 24, 2018	What’s in a Name? Regulation Best Interest v. Fiduciary	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
July 18, 2018	Statement at Open Meeting on NMS Stock Alternative Trading Systems	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
July 18, 2018	Statement at Open Meeting on Rule 701 Amendment and Concept Release	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
June 28, 2018	Statement at Open Meeting on Amendments to Smaller Reporting Company Definition	Commissioner Hester M. Peirce	Statement
June 28, 2018	Statement on Final Rule of Inline XBRL Filing of Tagged Data	Commissioner Hester M. Peirce	Statement
June 28, 2018	Statement at Open Meeting on Exchange-Traded Funds	Commissioner Hester M. Peirce	Statement
June 28, 2018	Statement at Open Meeting on Amendments to the Commission’s Whistleblower Program Rules	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
June 28, 2018	Statement at Open Meeting on Investment Company Liquidity Disclosure Adopting Release	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
June 5, 2018	Statement at Open Meeting on Amendments to the Volcker Rule	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
June 5, 2018	Optional Internet Availability of Investment Company Shareholder Reports	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
May 11, 2018	The Why Behind the No: Remarks at the 50th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
May 4, 2018	Tossing Fish and Catching Capital: Remarks at the 38th Annual Northwest Securities Institute CLE at the Washington State Bar Association	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
May 2, 2018	Beaches and Bitcoin: Remarks before the Medici Conference	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
April 18, 2018	Statement at the Open Meeting on Standards of Conduct for Investment Professionals	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
April 18, 2018	Remarks before the SIFMA Equity Market Structure Conference	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
April 11, 2018	Letter of Commissioners Piwowar and Peirce on Regulation A Offering Amount Limitation	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar Commissioner Hester M. Peirce	Statement
April 11, 2018	International Organizations: Learning from the Past to Build for the Future	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
April 5, 2018	Statement on Passing of Enforcement Division Associate Director Scott W. Friestad	Chairman Jay Clayton Commissioner Kara M. Stein Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar Commissioner Robert J. Jackson, Jr. Commissioner Hester M. Peirce	Statement
March 19, 2018	Looking at Funds through the Right Glasses	Hester M. Peirce	Speech
March 14, 2018	Statement at Open Meeting on Transaction Fee Pilot Proposal	Hester M. Peirce	Statement
March 14, 2018	Statement on Proposed Amendments to Public Reporting of Fund Liquidity Information	Commissioner Hester M. Peirce	Statement