Press Releases
June 20, 2012
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Serrano Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of the Financial Services & General Government Appropriations bill, FY2013
I am also extremely concerned about the level of funding at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the SEC receives a $50 million increase from last year, this increase is essentially offset by restrictions placed on the SEC Reserve Fund. Moreover, this level of funding is nearly 200 million dollars below the Administration's request. America's investors need a strong cop on the beat to ensure that past abuses are not repeated, and to ensure that the SEC's new powers under Dodd-Frank are vigorously enforced. The funding level in this bill is inadequate given these needs.
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June 20, 2012
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Ranking Member Statements at Subcommittee Markup
Interior & Environment
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June 20, 2012
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Moran Statement at Subcommittee Markup of the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, FY2013
As much as I appreciate the process, I can't support the product. The deep funding cuts to important conservation and environmental protection programs would, if enacted, cause serious harm to our environment. Likewise, this bill again includes a number of riders and funding limitations that I believe do not belong in the bill and whose effect would be to undermine important environmental law.
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Olver Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup on the Transportation, HUD Appropriations bill FY13
Olver Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup on the Transportation, HUD Appropriations bill FY13
Last year, the leaders of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO, not usually bedfellows, agreed that we must have greater investment in our nation's infrastructure in order to create jobs and to be competitive in the global economy. A modern, well maintained transportation network is absolutely necessary for our economy to grow and the country to prosper.
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June 19, 2012
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Farr Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of the Agriculture Appropriations bill, FY2013
Dodd-Frank expanded CFTCs oversight 8-fold from the $37 trillion futures market to the over-the-counter swaps market -- a domestic market of over $300 trillion in notional value. So just when the CFTC needs to scale up, theyre being slapped with deep cuts that strangle their ability to safeguard against another financial collapse.
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June 19, 2012
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FACTSHEET: FCC Political Ad Disclosure Rule
On April 27th, The Federal Communications Commission approved a rule requiring TV broadcasters to put public ad disclosure documents online.
June 19, 2012
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Norm Dicks Statement on the Interior & Environment Appropriations bill, FY2013
In addition to another round of special interest anti-environment riders, the EPA is cut -17% below last year...Despite the hyperbole of some of my Republican friends, EPA programs and regulations did not cause this recession and tying the hands of this important agency certainly won't get us out - that idea is as fictional as recent reports of EPA drones.
June 8, 2012
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Farr at Press Conference on GOP Proposal to Cut CFTC by 41%
The 41% cut from the President's $308 million budget request for the CFTC is unconscionable. It's designed to cripple the CFTC.
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June 8, 2012
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Price Statement on Final Passage of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, FY13
Months of bipartisan effort and work were swamped in just a few hours as Republicans accommodated and embraced amendments that I believe they would have had the courage and discipline to reject in previous congresses.