Tag: Congressman
Crypto-Friendly Congressman Patrick McHenry Temporarily Takes Over U.S. House
While House Republicans seek a permanent replacement for their just-ousted Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), McHenry will serve as McCar [...]
Congressman Tom Emmer seeks amendment to limit SEC’s crypto oversight
Tom Emmer, the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, who has previously expressed concerns about the Securities Exchange Commission's (S [...]
Disgraced Congressman George Santos Involved Crypto in Nigerian Prince-Like Scheme: New York Times
George Santos, a first-term member of the House of Representatives, is under indictment for thirteen felonies, including allegedly embezzling contribu [...]
Congressman Warren Davidson calls to ban and criminalize CBDCs
United States Republican Representative Warren Davidson has spoken out against Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), urging Congress to ban them an [...]
SEC Should be Investigated Over its Approach to Crypto: Congressman Ritchie Torres
Rep. Torres (D-N.Y.) requested investigations into the SEC granting a special purpose broker-dealer (SPBD) licence to Prometheum, "a trading digital a [...]
Tom Sawyer, Congressman Who Challenged Census Undercount, Dies at 77
Tom Sawyer, an eight-term Democratic congressman from Ohio whose concern that the 1990 census had missed more than two million Black Americans spurred [...]
Congressman McHenry announces joint hearings to address market structure around digital assets
Patrick McHenry, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has announced a series of joint hearings in May that will focus on addressing [...]
Congressman Tom Emmer says SEC chair Gary Gensler is a ‘bad faith regulator’
Crypto-friendly Congressman Tom Emmer has slammed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler for his approach to cryptocurrency [...]
John Jenrette Jr., Congressman Nabbed in Abscam Sting, Dies at 86
Once a rising star of the Democratic Party, he served 13 months in prison for bribery after being targeted in an F.B.I. scam involving a phony sheikh. [...]
CBDCs could be ‘easily weaponized’ to spy on US citizens: Congressman
United States Congressman Tom Emmer believes the launch of programmable central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the country could strip American citiz [...]
Congressman Sends Inert Grenades to Colleagues at House Offices
Representative Cory Mills, a Florida Republican, gave the grenades as gifts to colleagues in the House, drawing mixed reactions from fellow freshmen.
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Congressman Hill to ‘make sure’ US is the place for blockchain innovation
The chairman of the newly formed U.S. congressional subcommittee on digital assets has pledged for progressive crypto regulations to ensure that "Amer [...]
After FTX, Crypto Companies No Longer Have ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ on Capitol Hill, Says Congressman
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes says that following the collapse of FTX, lawmakers have their “shields up."
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Sam Bankman-Fried Was a ‘Pathological Liar’: Congressman
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) discusses how the disgraced CEO “misled the public” and what he did with Bankman-Fried’s $2,900 political donation.
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Jim Kolbe, Openly Gay Republican Congressman, Is Dead at 80
His vote for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 prompted a gay-interest magazine to prepare to out him. He later regretted his vote and celebrated co [...]