Commissioner Paul S. Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to start by once again congratulating and thanking John White, Paul Dudek, Mauri Osheroff, and Elliot Staffin in the Division of Corporation Finance for finalizing this groundbreaking rulemaking process. I would also like to thank the Office of Economic Analysis, the Office of the General Counsel, and the Office of International Affairs for their hard work on this rulemaking.
John, I said this in December when we re-proposed the deregistration rules, and I will repeat it now -- you and your staff have exhibited fantastic creativity and flexibility throughout this process. I am particularly pleased at the lengths to which we have gone in addressing the numerous comments we received. This process has been a shining example of how the SEC should proceed in ALL of its rulemakings. As you can tell, I am very pleased!
And, John, I would like to point out for your benefit that if English feudal law still prevailed, today would mark your freedom from serfdom to your old law firm, since you have been gone from there for a year and a day. Thus, some might say that it is a fitting day for today's rulemaking.
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