“Big Tech wants to keep auctioning your data to the highest bidder, even when that means that your data makes it to the Chinese or Russian government.” But U.S. Trade Rep Tai has “stood up to Big Tech’s trade agenda...
Text of Bill (PDF) | Text of One-Pager (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) have re-introduced the Future of Water Act to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the trading of water...
Video of Hearing (YouTube) Washington, D.C. – At a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced Brian Murphy, nominee for United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Senators Warren and Edward J. Markey...
“A business model that can only work by overcharging customers and underpaying workers while executives and shareholders reap the benefits is unsustainable. When additional hidden fees nearly triple the price of an order, that is price gouging – plain and...
We are alarmed by Novo Nordisk’s decision to discontinue Levemir before allowing the price reduction to go into effect and are concerned that Novo Nordisk failed to take into consideration patient access to affordable, long-acting insulin substitutes prior to the...
Warren: “Stablecoin legislation, which will grow the crypto market and opportunities for terrorist fundraising, must include the full suite of AML tools that Treasury requested in its November 2023 letter to Congress as necessary to effectively combat that threat.” Text...
Existing Loopholes Allow Foreign Government to Target and Exploit Service Members, Jeopardizing National Security “We need to strengthen our rules so that active duty personnel aren’t selling their services to foreign governments while still in uniform.” Hearing Exchange (YouTube) Washington,...
Witness Confirms “Virtuous Cycle” of Higher Staffing, Improved Quality of Care; Criticizes Industry Attacks on Rule “The federal government plays a critical role in ensuring high-quality care at long-term care facilities – and that starts with the workforce. It starts...
IRS Commissioner Werfel: “taxpayers told us — in almost unanimity — that [Direct File] was easy to use, fast, secure, and, of course, free.” Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. —The day after the tax filing deadline, at a hearing...
“MPT and MIP have played a key role in this steep financial decline and must play a role in the recovery of these hospitals in order to preserve and protect access to care for communities in Massachusetts.” Text of Letter...
“The current threats to NYCB’s viability represent the culmination of a pattern of oversight failures by OCC… the OCC allowed NYCB to engage in two risky mergers in a six month period, then neglected to address NYCB’s risks until the...
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam Testified to Multiple Meetings and Text Conversations with Bankman-Fried Before FTX Collapse Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and...