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Witnesses testified on the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law, which deals with over-the-counter derivatives and swaps market regulations. Commodity Futu…

The House convened for a legislative session.

State Department Deputy Secretaries William Burns and Thomas Nides testified on the findings of a report on the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. They deta…

The U.S House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

The House convened in legislative session. Debate was held on amending the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual privacy notice requirement.

Richard Cordray gave his semi-annual report to Congress of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In his testimony he said that the CFPB would draft a proposal to address a provisi…

Treasury Secretary Geithner testified on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), created by the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law to monitor excessive risk …

Alberto Fernandez testified on the mission, operations and impact of the State Department’s Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications.

1) H.R. 2139 - Lions Club International Century of Service Commemorative Act, as amended 2) H.R. 5986 - To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric pro…

H.R. 8 - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 (Structured Rule) 1) H.R. 1905 - Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 2) H.Con.Res. 127 - Expressing the sen…

The House considered the 2013 defense spending bill.

Witnesses testified on proposals to improve oversight, regulation, and enforcement of the housing appraisal process. Among the topics addressed were the implementation of new financial servi…

Jamie Dimon testified on JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss on May 10, 2012 He apologized for the trading losses, but he stressed that no taxpayer money was lost and that the bank rema…

Daniel Benjamin testified on the State Department’s counterterrorism budget and some of the biggest terrorism threats to the U.S.

Treasury Secretary Geithner testified on the state of the international financial system. Among the topics addresses were the European sovereign debt crisis, the United States exposure and r…

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified on her department’s fiscal year 2013 budget request.

Ben Bernanke testified on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future of economic growth. Topics included inflation and unemployment, reform of Social Security and Medicare, and bu…

Following President Obama’s State of the Union address, members of Congress spoke to reporters about their reactions to the speech.

Nisha Desai Biswal testified about a proposed program to provide clean energy aid to China. The program would provice aproximately $4 million to help China adopt clean energy technologies an…