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Date Sort ascending	Title	Speaker	Type
Aug. 7, 2017	Commission Statement on Passing of Former SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams	Chairman Jay Clayton Commissioner Kara M. Stein Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
July 25, 2017	Comment Letter in Response to the Department of Labor’s “Request for Information Regarding the Fiduciary Rule and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions”	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
May 10, 2017	Opening Remarks at SEC-NYU Dialogue on Securities Market Regulation: Reviving the U.S. IPO Market	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Speech
May 9, 2017	Opening Remarks at 2017 SEC/NASAA Annual Section 19(d) Conference	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Speech
April 7, 2017	Statement of Acting Chairman Piwowar on the Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
April 5, 2017	Opening Remarks at the April 2017 Meeting of the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
March 27, 2017	Remarks Before the 27th International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development	Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar	Speech
March 23, 2017	New Special Study of the Securities Markets: Keynote Address	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Speech
March 22, 2017	Statement at Open Meeting: Amendment to Shorten the Trade Settlement Cycle	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
March 9, 2017	Remarks to the SEC Investor Advisory Committee	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Feb. 28, 2017	SEC-NYU Dialogue on Securities Market Regulation: U.S. Securities-Based Crowdfunding - Welcoming Remarks	Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar	Statement
Feb. 24, 2017	Remarks at the “SEC Speaks” Conference 2017: Remembering the Forgotten Investor	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Speech
Feb. 17, 2017	Remarks of SEC Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar at the Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission and NASAA	Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar	Statement
Feb. 15, 2017	Opening Remarks of SEC Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar before the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Feb. 6, 2017	Reconsideration of Pay Ratio Rule Implementation	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Jan. 31, 2017	Reconsideration of Conflict Minerals Rule Implementation	Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Dec. 14, 2016	Statement at Open Meeting: PCAOB Proposed Budget and Accounting Support Fee for 2017	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Nov. 17, 2016	Opening Remarks to the Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Nov. 15, 2016	Statement at Open Meeting: Order Approving the Consolidated Audit Trail National Market System Plan	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Nov. 14, 2016	Statement at Financial Technology Forum	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Oct. 26, 2016	Dissenting Statement at Open Meeting: Universal Proxy System	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Oct. 26, 2016	Statement at Open Meeting: Adoption of Updated Rules regarding Intrastate Offerings and Small Business Capital Formation	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Oct. 21, 2016	Remarks at 2016 Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [1]	Speech
Oct. 13, 2016	Statement at Open Meeting: Investment Company Liquidity Risk Management Programs, Investment Company Swing Pricing, and Investment Company Reporting Modernization Releases	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement
Sept. 28, 2016	Statement at Open Meeting: Shortening the Settlement Cycle	Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Statement