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"One emerging vector of Democratic criticism is a 2018 law that weakened oversight of many regional banks. On Monday, for example, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) called for a hearing to [...]

"At its March 2 meeting, the Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) held a spirited and revealing discussion surrounding the adequacy of the SEC’s present examination program as it relates to SEC [...]

"In a perhaps inevitable corollary to his self-conscious emphasis on bipartisanship, in his opening statement and throughout the markup, Rep. McHenry made clear in words and his conduct that he [...]

"Tuesday’s hearing was certainly a sign that SBC Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is intent on enacting crypto legislation. In his opening statement, the senator made clear that he has a vision for [...]

A capital markets package is evolving rapidly in the House. We understand this package is likely to be the based on the September 2022 GOP Capital Formation Principles document, but that [...]

NASAA’s policy agenda calls for Congress to “protect the securities regulatory framework from additional erosion” in the face of digital assets, and instead “use the elasticity [of the securities [...]

"Mark Twain wrote that history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. While Rep. Matt Gaetz may not have been a member of Congress during the period of 2013-2015, it was impossible to watch him lambast [...]

According to Sherman, the use cases for crypto primarily involve “drug dealers, human traffickers, sanctions evaders who find [its lack of regulation] a good feature,” or “tax evasion.”After [...]

On December 13, 2022, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services (HFSC) held a Full Committee Hearing entitled, “Investigating the Collapse of FTX, Part I.”  The only witness to testify [...]

"Today, at the opening of the House Financial Services Committee's final hearing of the 117th Congress, Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC) [...]