I urge the regulators, FSOC, and, in particular, the Office of Financial Research, to invest in required resources to monitor, map, and quantify existing and emerging systemic risk.
Gregory Meeks
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Gregory Weldon Meeks is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 5th congressional district since 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, Meeks has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for oversight and accountability in government, often speaking out on matters related to national security and foreign policy. Meeks has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives and has been involved in discussions regarding the War Powers and congressional oversight.
I fear that some actors in the economy, and even in government, suffer from a worrisome form of amnesia or selective memory.
I was here and recall vividly, in 2008, when Secretary Paulson came to the House Floor and told us that we literally had just a few days to save the entire American economy and financial system from total collapse.
Climate change is undoubtedly an economic threat--that is true; a national security threat--that is true; and, ultimately, and most importantly, an existential threat.
well, maybe there's--we don't know whether an impeachment investigation has begun.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of H.R. 241, the Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act. As chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, I am very focused on…
The rapidly increasing growth of student debt is indeed a national crisis, and it is not something that we should be playing politics with at all.
Your pursuit of justice and equality in creating wealth in communities of color is unparalleled.
There should be an opportunity, if given the support, to really grow businesses in these communities.
I am sitting here somewhat frustrated, to be quite honest with you, because it seems as though we are not moving in the directions that we should move to get things done.





