Our disclosure rules haven't kept pace with changes in the marketplace.

[Trying to rob Livingston of the remaining votes are Reps. Christopher Cox (R-California) and Jim Talent (R-Missouri).] It's sort of like an Easter-egg hunt, ... It's whoever gets the Easter egg first.

the regime, albeit it takes great pains to show us it is stable, is in fact profoundly unstable.

It's clear that there is a connection.

The shareholders own the company. They have a right to ensure that their money is being wisely spent. And that's just as true when it comes to how much executives are paid as it is to how much they're paying for their raw materials and their inventory.

Our purpose here today is to help investors keep an eye on how much of their money is being paid to the top executives who work for them. It is about wage clarity, not wage controls.