News List

  • Supporting Main Street Investment
    Sep 26, 2018 - The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments held a hearing today to examine the mission, operations, and activities of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management to ensure it is conducting itself consistently with the SEC’s tri-fold mission to protect investors, maintain fair, ... More
  • House Passes Bipartisan “JOBS & Investor Confidence Act”
    Jul 17, 2018 - WASHINGTON – In a near unanimous vote of 406-4, today the House passed the bipartisan “JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018.” The bill – which is comprised of 32 individual pieces of legislation that have passed the Financial Services Committee or the House this Congress with broad bipartisan su... More
  • Hensarling & Waters Unveil Bipartisan Capital Markets Reform Legislation
    Jul 16, 2018 - WASHINGTON – House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) announced today that they have reached an agreement on a package of strong, bipartisan capital-formation legislation to help America’s small businesses and entrepreneurs and to prot... More
  • Ensuring Effectiveness, Fairness, and Transparency in Securities Law Enforcement
    Jun 13, 2018 - The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments held a hearing today to examine how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approach to enforcing Federal securities laws is complimentary to all three prongs of the SEC’s statutory mission to protect investors, to maintain... More
  • Subcommittee Examines Cybersecurity of Consolidated Audit Trail
    Nov 30, 2017 - WASHINGTON – The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Investment held a hearing Thursday to examine the security of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), a central repository for order and trading activity data. “The importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated,” said Subcommittee Chair... More