Maxine Waters: “May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 8\1/2\…”

Mr. Speaker, in both this Congress and last, I have been particularly outspoken about the risks of retail investors investing in private securities. Amongst other things, private securities lack sufficient transparency, have longer lock-up…

Mr. Speaker, there is a lot that Congress can do to help our community financial institutions. This includes taking up deposit insurance reform bills like the ones that I and my committee Republicans have put forward. Increasing deposit…

While no compromise is perfect, this legislation reflects meaningful progress and incorporates over 50 housing and banking provisions which Democrats fought to secure, but our work is far from done.

Mr. Speaker, cybercriminal syndicates, supported by North Korea and rogue states like Russia, are already exploiting financial technologies to evade sanctions, fund war and terrorism, and destabilize democracies. Ignoring these threats is…