House Financial Services Committee Dinner
Current and former members of the House Financial Services Committee attended a dinner in honor of the committee hosted by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. The keynote speaker of the eve…
190 viewsCurrent and former members of the House Financial Services Committee attended a dinner in honor of the committee hosted by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. The keynote speaker of the eve…
190 viewsThe House passed $10.5 billion for military construction for the next fiscal year budget, which includes new barracks, family housing, and medical facilities. Members also approved a $15 bil…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,987 viewsFormer Senators Sarbanes and Oxley spoke about financial auditing and business reporting reforms enacted in the wake of the Enron bankruptcy to protect consumers and provide increased transp…
427 viewsSenators Oxley and Sarbanes spoke about corporate financial legislation they sponsored and enforcing the legislation. Among the issues they addressed were implementing the regulations, the i…
45 viewsPanelists discussed corporate responsibility. Among the specific issues addressed were over-reliance on stock price as a measure of success, incentives to provide false or misleading financi…
101 viewsRepresentative Oxley talked about the impact and the future of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Act, passed in 2002, tightened regulations and auditing and established a Public Company Accounting…
622 viewsThe Treasury Department Office of Thrift Supervision held a forum on the national housing market and consumer issues. Rep. Michael Oxley, chairman, and Rep. Barney Frank, ranking member of t…
112 viewsThe House Financial Services Subcommittees on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises and Oversight and Investigations hold a joint hearing titled “Protecting America…
761 viewsProceedings were briefly interrupted by a protester in the gallery during debate on detainee treatment (approximately 1:50 p.m.).
View in Congressional Chronicle1,542 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled “Sarbanes-Oxley at Four: Protecting Investors and Strengthening the Markets.”
440 viewsWitnesses testified about real estate sales over the Internet, market practices by realtors, brokerage fees for Internet sales, and the impact of Internet real estate services on the housing…
1,127 viewsUndersecretary Levey testified about a secret program to track terrorist financing and the fact that information about this tracking program was published in The New York Times. He said the …
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