The Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held a field hearing in Nashville, Tennessee, on the Music Modernization Act five years on. Witnesses included s…
530 viewsRepresentative Darrell Issa (R-CA), co-founder and co-chair of the House Internet of Things Caucus, participated in a discussion with Ms. Stoddard on “the internet of things” and how to regu…
507 viewsThe chief executive officers of AT&T and DirecTV testified on the potential consequences for competition and consumers of the proposed merger between their two telecommunications companies. …
1,571 viewsNon-governmental organization representatives testified on ways the government could reduce spending by identifying fraud, abuse and redundancy. Among the topics addressed were federal enfor…
261 viewsHouse members debated a bill that would add congressional powers to be able to order audits of the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve has always been removed from federal politics so that …
482 viewsNuclear Regulatory Commission commissioners testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about recent allegations of mismanagement directed at Commission Chair Greg J…
1,538 viewsOn his last day in the job, Neil Barofsky offered his criticism about the government’s 2008 program to stabilize financial markets. Mr. Barofsky said the program has encouraged large firms t…
258 viewsWitnesses testified about internal management practices at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC had faced conflict of interest questions after it was revealed a former emplo…
540 viewsThe House-Senate Conference Committee on Financial Regulations legislation reconvened to make changes to the bill voted on the previous week. Senator Scott Brown indicated that he would not …
381 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
837 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included fixed index annuities and auto dealers. The…
571 viewsHouse and Senate members spoke at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included prudential regulation, predatory lend…
4,243 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. This live portion of the hearing was joined in progress and…
721 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.
466 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.
780 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.
521 viewsHouse and Senate members made opening statements at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.
1,096 viewsRepresentative Darrell Issa of California talked about the work of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the SEC’s filing of fraud charges against Goldman Sachs. Representative Issa re…
157 viewsWitnesses testified about management and oversight of economic stimulus funds, particularly how recipients accounted for use of the funds, maintaining transparent accounting practices, the p…
376 viewsFormer Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Former Treasury Secretary John Snow, and SEC Chairman Chris Cox testified about the state of the economy, recent turmoil in the U.S. and globa…
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