mr. neugebauer. mr. neugebauer: thank you, mr. secretary, for being here. secretary lew, you are part of fsoc assessing risk and monitoring threats to the financial stability. in 2010, the dodd-frank act designated that institutions above $50 billion in total assets would be considered systemically important. that their -- poses a risk to the financial stability. unfortunately during that period of time there wasn't any analysis of the factors of what is a systemically important feature. and so arbitrarily that number was set at $50 billion. today, there's quite honestly bipartisan and even bicameral support growing that to increase this number. since really during that time they really didn't take the time to analyze whether it should be 50 or 75 or 25. they set that arbitrary number. as you know section 115 authorizes fsoc to recommend to the federal reserve that the $50 billion threshold for designation be raised. unfortunately, i can't find any evidence where fsoc is actually taking any efforts to analyze the appropriate level for sifi designation. so i

mr. neugebauer is recognized for one minute. mr. neugebauer: mr. speaker, i rise to welcome to the house of representatives today the guest chaplain and my fellow lub box -- lubbock, texas, native, reverend john. he is joined by his wife and children. also here are 70 members of his congregation. he's engaged in two career paths, he's served as a pastor and a nationwide motivational speaker he began pastoring the first of his four churches as a college sophomore at hardin simmons university in texas. he has a degree from southwestern theological seminary and a dock rat in classical studies. in 2010 with the u.s. aircraft, he crafted a program for senior offices to mentor junior members of the force. after several years as a motivational speaker heck returned to pastoring and is currently a pastor in lubbock, texas. he's always encouraged excellence in contact and he's impacted countless lives by his speaking. as he lives with pancreatic cancer he is an example ff us all. may he continue to bless america. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will ente