Congressional Activity

I will be pleased that I have furthered and confirmed much of the Dodd- Frank mandate for swaps. Where I have identified flaws ...

To create an interdivisional taskforce at the Securities and Exchange Commission for senior investors.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement savings, and for other purposes.

Should the Senate approve President’s Trump’s nominee to the SEC, the Commission would return to full strength with five members. The President April 2 nominated ...

This legislation, introduced in 2019, would prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of future consumer financial product or service dispute.

This bill, introduced in 2019, would prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of future employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights disputes; and prohibit agreements ...

The CFTC may be temporarily closed due to the government shutdown but that isn’t stopping  President Trump from asking Congress to approve the Commission’s next ...

This is legislation that passed the House in 2018.

The Senate is being asked to confirm Heath Tarbert to be the next CFTC chairman after current Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo’s term expires next year. ...

To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definitions of a ‘‘small business’’ and ‘‘small organization’’ for purposes of assessing the impact of ...