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Two subcommittees of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a joint hearing titled “Calculated Risk: Assessing Non-Traditional Mortgage Products.” Witnesses testif…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on “Combating Child Pornography by Eliminating Pornographers' Access to the Financial Payment System.” Witnesses testi…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee examined the Department of the Treasury’s role in combating terrorist financing during the five years since the September 11 terrorist…

Witnesses testified about the state of the U.S. housing market and the economic implications of recent rises in housing prices. Among the topics they addressed were speculation amongst econo…

Witnesses testified about investment regulation and the operations of investment pools and hedge funds. Among the issues addresses were a recent court ruling against a Security and Exchange …

Ben Bernanke presented the semiannual Monetary Report of the Federal Reserve Board. Topics included U.S. economy, real gross domestic product, GDP increase and rising of industrial productio…

The Consumer Affairs Subcommittee heard testimony from current and former Enron executives about accounting practices by the company, the reasons for bankruptcy, and corporate accountability…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the “Report to the Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies” prepared by the secretary of the t…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the state of the securities industry. Mr. Cox testified about a recent report on small business compliance with corp…

Chairman Bernanke provided his first testimony on the semi-annual monetary policy report of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System. Topics included the state of the economy, po…

Officials testified about emergency preparedness and national flood insurance programs. Among the topics they addressed were the devastation brought to Gulf Coast communities by hurricanes R…

Chairman Alan Greenspan testified in a hearing on his nomination for a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

Ben S. Bernanke testified about his nomination as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Mr. Bernanke told the committee that his top priority would be to continue the polic…

The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a confirmation hearing for Mr. Bernanke to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. They also held hearings for M…

The committee heard testimony from Representative Cox, Mr. Campos, and Ms. Nazareth about their nomination and re-nomination for positions on the Security and Exchange Commission. The talked…

Witnesses testified about banking regulatory relief reform proposals, agency comments on legislation, FDIC-supported industry consensus items, multi-state bank branches, regulatory relief fo…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the legal and regulatory practices for credit card issuers. They focused on disclosure and marketing efforts aimed a…

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on Fannie Mae and Fannie Mac. Witnesses talked about improving the government regulation of government-sponsored housi…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on regulatory reform of government sponsored enterprises and specifically federal housing programs like Freddie Mac and…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee heard testimony on identity theft, the security of sensitive consumer information, and maintaining personal information on large compu…