. >> after the meeting ended, adam brown thanked me for what the nra fights for. i mean, here's a guy who was risked everything for his country and he is thanking us for what we do. i have to tell you, it was pretty humbling. last march adam brown and his special ops crew went on a daring raid deep into afghanistan's colmar valley, where no u.s. forces had ever attempted an assault before. they're going after the taliban in the fortified mountain stronghold. after a six-day hike over incredibly rugged and forbidding terrain, they launched their assault, and it went hot incredibly fast. during the fight some of his team got pinned down under enemy fire. but in typical adam fashion, he put his team first. he charged the taliban position to draw fire away from his team, and fell, wounded. adam has been wounded before, many times, but when his teammates wanted to help them this time, his final words were i'm okay, i'm okay. son believe adam said it because he knew where he was going. but most of the men who were there say it was because he knew how concerned they work

putting it together, i wanted to talk to america's best, and that is how i had the honor of meeting adam brown. one year ago, adam and his fellow seals give us their unvarnished feelings. after the meeting, adam brown thanked me for what the nra fights for. here is a guy who is risked everything for his country, and he is taking us for what we do. i have to tell you, it was pretty humbling. last march, adam brown and his special part -- special ops crew went into know where -- were no u.s. forces had ever attempted an assault, going after the taliban in a mountain. they launched their assault. it when high incredibly fast. -- hi incredibly fast. some of his team was pinned down in the army fire, and he put his team first. he charged the taliban position to draw fire away from his team, and fell, wounded. he had been wounded before, many times, but when his teammates wanted to help in this time, his final words were i'm ok, i am ok. >> some believe adam said it because he knew where he was going, but most of the men who were there say it is because they knew how concerned -- he knew how concern

adam j. levitin is this as a professor of law at georgetown university law center. mr. andrew pincus is a partner at mayer brown rowe and maw. and pursuant to committee rules, all witnesses are sworn before they testified. if you will stand and raise your right hand? the solomons where or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the trick of a culture, and nothing but the truth? all right. have a seat. the record will reflect that all witness answered in the affirmative. in order to facilitate discussion, your written statements will be admissible to the record. you can simply sub--- summarize. we would love to hear your testimony. mr. zywicki, we will start with you. >> it is a pleasure to be here today. i want to say at the outset that i was in favor and remains strongly in favor of regulatory reform dealing with consumer financial protection and that sort of thing. i think we have been much in need of regulatory reform, streamlining, coherence, that sort of thing. this day i remain disappointed with the cfpb. we have squandered a golden opportunity to create new useful safeguards for consumers

adam levitin is professor of law at georgetown law center. mr. andrew pincus is a partner at mayer brown rowe and maw lp. with that, as is pursuant to the committee rules, all witnesses are sworn before they testify. if you will stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to get will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? all right. have a seat. the record will reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to facilitate discussion, if you can -- your written statement will be admissible to the record, and you can simply summarize assemble five minutes and at one minute you get the yellow light which sort of helps you round up and i would love to hear your testimony. mr. speed, we will start with you, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's a pleasure to be here today. i want to say at the outset that i was in favor of -- strongly in favor of regulatory reform, dealing with consumer financial protection and that sort of thing. i think that we've been much in need of regulatory reform streamlining cohe

adam j. is a associate professor at law at the university of law center. mr. andrew pincus is a partner at mayer, brown, and rowe. with that, raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear the testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing through the truth? all right. have a seat. the record will reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to facilitate discussion, if you can -- your written statement will be admissible to the record. you can simply summarize simple five minutes. at one minute, you'll get the yellow light which helps you. i would love to hear your testimony. mr. zywicki, we'll start with you, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's a pressure to be here today. i wasn't strongly in favor of regulatory reform, dealing with consumers financial production and that sort of thing. i think that we've been much in need of regulatory form, steam lining and that sort of thing. so this day, i remain disappointed we squandered a golden opportunity to create new useful safeguards for consumers that would promote consumers choice and protection. instead, what i think is