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Commentary by Steven Lofchie

Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) expressed concerns about the SEC's proposed rule regarding waiver requests and security-based swaps ("SBS"), titled: "Applications by Security-Based Swap Dealers or Major Security-Based Swap Participants for Statutorily Disqualified Associated Persons to Effect or Be Involved in Effecting SBS’s." In a letter addressed to SEC Chair Mary Jo White, Representative Cummings stated that the proposed rule would "allow entities other than the SEC - including private entities - to grant waiver requests" and "constitute[s] the first time the [SEC] has granted