Investor Protection and Market Oversight
All five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission testified about the protection of investors and market oversight. Topics included sub-prime mortgages, the effects of the Sarbanes-…
229 viewsAll five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission testified about the protection of investors and market oversight. Topics included sub-prime mortgages, the effects of the Sarbanes-…
229 viewsWitnesses testified about proposed revisions and reform of government-sponsored housing enterprises. They talked about management of federal housing assets and mortgage administration, trans…
185 viewsThe Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on HR 920, the Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2007. The legislation would amend t…
263 viewsThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on structurally deficient bridges in the United States. Chairman Oberstar’s initiative addressed the need to repair, reha…
339 viewsWitnesses testified about organizational restructuring and emergency response procedures, as well as post-Katrina reconstruction efforts, by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. They als…
365 viewsSecretary Nicholson testified about health care and treatment of returning veterans and a task force report on the delivery of services and benefits to veterans and their families. He talked…
87 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing titled “Legislative and Regulatory Options for Minimizing and Mitigating Mortgage Foreclosures.” Witnesses testified about the Presiden…
467 viewsWitnesses testified about the future of federal consumer protection in the financial services sector in light of recent regulatory and judicial actions affecting the application of state con…
230 viewsFormer Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) gave his farewell speech in the House.
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