Trump, Democrats find compromise on USMCA; Arkansas delegation and industry officials supportive
12/10/2019
TB&P
President Trump and Congressional Democrats struck a deal Tuesday (Dec. 10) on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a reset of the 25-year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
For months, Trump administration officials, led by U.S. Trade… Read more »
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin & Fed Chair Powell: No Plans for National Cryptocurrency
12/9/2019
Your Crypto Hub
According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the U.S. government sees no use of diving into cryptocurrency anytime soon.
Mnuchin was speaking at the House Financial Services Committee in Washington. The decision to not creating a national digital currency comes… Read more »
Scott-sponsored bill would update wildlife restoration act
12/9/2019
The Albany Herald
WASHINGTON – Congressman Austin Scott, R-Ga., House Co-Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, released the following statement upon the House Committee on Natural Resources favorably passing his bipartisan legislation to modernize the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act:
“As… Read more »
MIL-OSI USA: RELEASE: Rep. Hill Applauds Inclusion of Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act in FY20 NDAA
12/8/2019
ForeignAffairs.nz
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman French Hill (AR-02)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) praised Congressional leaders for including H.R. 31, the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act in the FY20… Read more »
US House Financial Services Committee: US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says “No Need” for Federal Digital Currency (CBDC)
12/8/2019
Crowdfund Insider
US Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin told members of the US House Financial Services Committee Thursday that both he and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell feel there is “no need” for the US to develop a digital currency in… Read more »
Steve Mnuchin Does Not Expect US to Issue Digital Dollar in next 5 Years
12/6/2019
CoinTelegraph
United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said that he and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell do not anticipate the development of a national digital currency in the country.
Mnuchin delivered his comments during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in… Read more »
Mnuchin, Powell see no need for Fed to issue digital currency
12/5/2019
BNN Bloomberg
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell don’t expect the U.S. to create a digital currency.
“Chair Powell and I have discussed this -- we both agree that in the near future, in the next five years, we see no need for the Fed to issue a digital… Read more »
Digital Currency Revolution Series: A Glimpse At Global Central Banks’ Obsession of Own Digital Currencies
12/5/2019
EconoTimes
From the recent past, there were hush-hush talks that a top Fed official has mentioned that the US Central Bank is pondering over the idea of a digital dollar, while Democratic and Republican members of Congress communicated with the Fed Chairman Jay… Read more »
POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi to deliver impeachment update at 9 a.m.
12/5/2019
POLITICO
NEWS … Speaker NANCY PELOSI will speak at 9 a.m. to deliver an update on the “status of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry.” Pelosi will speak in the Speaker’s Balcony Hallway, a long, narrow space outside her office.
THIS COMES as House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have… Read more »
MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Hill Delivers Speech at University of Arkansas’s Fulbright College: “America and Her Place in a Post-Berlin Wall World”
12/4/2019
ForeignAffairs.nz
WASHINGTON D.C. — On Monday, November 25th, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) visited the University of Arkansas, touring the Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering and the Center for Advanced Spatial Technology… Read more »
