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The House Financial Services Committee heard testimony from the CEOs of several cryptocurrency and financial technology companies. Topics included the growth and challenges of cryptocurrency…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and business representatives testified at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on challenges facing the livestock industry.…

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testified at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on agency priorities. He discussed a variety of topics, including investment i…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified at an oversight hearing on on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. Lawmakers pressed the secret…

Community and housing advocates, landlords, and affordable housing developers testified at a House Financial Services Committee virtual hearing on COVID-19 pandemic-related reforms to aid re…

The House continued work on the dozen bills that make up federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year. In this session, members approved two bills: legislative branch spending, with…

The House began work on federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year, a package of seven of the dozen bills that set annual spending. More than 200 amendments were allowed, and a vo…

The House voted down a resolution from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to seat all five of his Republican choices to sit on the Select Committee to Inve…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge testified on infrastructure equity before the House Financial Services Committee. She answered questions on several topics, including aff…

The House passed the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) and Disclosure Simplification Act, which requires public companies to disclose executive pay increases, corporate political con…

CEOs from the nation’s largest banks testified before the House Financial Services Committee on their operating practices. The heads of Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Cha…

The House passed a bill to provide $1.9 billion in additional funding to improve U.S. Capitol security in response to the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. It creates a quick-reaction …

The House considered several veterans and science-related bills under suspension of the rules, including bipartisan legislation to combat sexual harassment in the Science, Technology, Engine…

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testified before the House Financial Services committee on regulating retail trading to protect consumers from trading surges in s…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the semiannual monetary policy report. Committee members questioned Mr. Powell on the impact of…

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and investment firm executives testified before the House Financial Services Committee on GameStop’s rapid stock price increase and Robinhood’s decision to halt cust…

The House Financial Services Committee held a virtual hearing on the need for coronavirus pandemic economic aid. Members debated the proposed $15 minimum wage increase, funding for state and…