Why Facebook's Libra has a friend in GOP Senator Mike Rounds
Yahoo! Finance
10/24/19
Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg emerged from a grilling Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where members of the House Financial Services Committee blasted him over plans to create a new cryptocurrency, among a host of other issues.
Yet despite the barrage of criticism, Zuckerberg does have at least… Read more »
Zuckerberg’s Libra testimony: “not going to do anything decentralized”
Ledger Insights
10/24/19
Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US House Committee on Financial Services on Libra and how big tech companies are affecting global finance. Though the six-hour hearing mainly focused on the platform’s political ad rules and privacy controversies, ahead of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about plans to introduce a new digital currency, Libra, as well as how to protect individual data privacy.
Click on the video below to watch Congressman… Read more »
MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Hill Named Congressional Champion by In Defense of Christians for Supporting Egypt’s Coptic Christians
ForeignAffairs
10/23/19
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) received In Defense of Christians’ (IDC) 2019 Congressional Champion award for his “extraordinary commitment to the human rights and religious freedom of Christian and other… Read more »
Let Prisoners Use Pell Grants
Education Next
10/23/19
“Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars.” – Dale Carnegie
Carnegie’s words metaphorically capture two distinctly different perspectives of inmates contemplating release from prison. What can make the difference for inmates facing an uncertain future both in and after prison? The surprising… Read more »
Brawner: What Crawford, Westerman must consider with Trump
Greenwood Democrat
10/23/19
I don’t know the real reasons why people do things, including often myself. This column is about considerations.
Last week, all four U.S. House of Representatives members from Arkansas voted for a resolution criticizing President Trump’s decision to let Turkey attack the Kurds. It passed… Read more »
Crypto chief: Centralised digital currencies could deter corruption
Bobs Guide
10/23/19
The ability to program digital currencies could grant central banks greater control over the monetary system, according to co-founder of cryptocurrency investment platform Revix, Sean Andrew Sanders.
“Physical cash has limitations in terms of corruption, terrorist financing. You have all… Read more »
'You're trying to help drug dealers': Zuckerberg faces angry lawmakers at Libra hearing
The Guardian
10/23/19
Mark Zuckerberg faced hostile questioning in the US Congress from politicians of both parties as he sought to reassure them the planned digital currency Libra could be a force for good.
The more than six hours of testimony before the House financial services committee on… Read more »
Congressman Hill receives the 2019 Congressional Champion award from the president of In Defense of Christians (IDC), Toufic Baaklini (pictured right) and Government Relations Director, Peter Burns (pictured left).
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) received In Defense… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, The Hill published Congressman French Hill’s (AR-02) op-ed highlighting the unintended consequences of the Corporate Transparency Act, a new beneficial ownership bill scheduled for a vote on the House floor this afternoon. Small businesses failing to comply with this proposed bill could face a penalty of up to $10,000 and a prison sentence of up to three… Read more »
