Majority Press Releases
DODD STATEMENT: HEARING ON FEDERAL RESERVE NOMINATIONS AND INSPECTOR GENERAL NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON - Today Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) held a hearing on three Federal Reserve Governor nominations and two Inspector General nominations. The committee heard testimony from nominees Janet L. Yellen for Vice Chair and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Peter A. Diamond and Sarah Bloom Raskin for membership on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Osvaldo Luis Gratacós Munet for Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank, and Stev… Continue Reading
July 12, 2010
DODD STATEMENT ON BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE WALL STREET REFORM BILL
WASHINGTON -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) made the following statement on the announced support for the Wall Street reform bill by Senators Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Scott Brown. "Today is a good day for Main Street America. With the support of Senators Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Scott Brown, Wall Street reform is a step away from heading to the President's desk to be signed into law. These colleagues demonstrated how bipartisanship is supposed to w… Continue Reading
July 8, 2010
DODD REACTS TO TREASURY’S CURRENCY REPORT
WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) made the following statement in response to the Treasury Department's semi-annual Report on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies submitted today to the Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee. "Today's Treasury report made clear for the record what we all already knew -- China continues to undervalue its currency," said Dodd. "For years, American workers have not been able to compete on a l… Continue Reading
July 2, 2010
FACT CHECK: COMMUNITY BANKS WIN WITH WALL STREET REFORM
REDUCING SYSTEMIC RISK - Community banks benefit when large banks pay for the risks they create to the system. Advance Warning System: Creates a systemic-risk regime that would rein in the size and scope of large, interconnected financial institutions. Tougher Supervision of Large, Interconnected Financial Companies: Large bank holding companies (those with over $50 billion in assets) and systemically important nonbank financial companies will face heightened risk-based capital, le… Continue Reading
July 1, 2010
DODD STATEMENT IN IRAN SANCTIONS BILL SIGNING
WASHINGTON -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT), co-author of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 along with House Foreign Affairs Chairman Berman, issued the following statement after President Obama signed the bill into law this evening. "The government of Iran engages in serious human rights abuses against its own citizens, funds terrorist activity throughout the Middle East, and is pursuing illicit nuclear activities which pose … Continue Reading
June 30, 2010
DODD PRAISES HOUSE PASSAGE OF WALL STREET REFORM
WASHINGTON -- Today, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) issued the following statement following House passage of the House-Senate Conference on the bill to bring accountability to Wall Street. The bill ends too big to fail bailouts, creates a new consumer financial protection watchdog, sets up an early warning system to protect our economy from future threats, and brings transparency and accountability to exotic instruments such as derivatives. "I congratulate the Hou… Continue Reading
June 29, 2010
COMMITTEE PASSES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ACT
Bipartisan bill will improve transit safety oversight and establish national safety standards for transit systems across the country WASHINGTON - Today Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) held a mark up during which the Public Transportation Safety Act of 2010 was unanimously approved. The bipartisan bill, which will improve transit safety oversight and establish national safety standards, was authored by Chairman Dodd, Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL), and Housing, … Continue Reading
June 25, 2010
DODD STATEMENT ON WALL STREET REFORM CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) issued the following statement on the conclusion of the House-Senate Conference on the bill to bring accountability to Wall Street. The bill creates a new consumer financial protection watchdog, ends too big to fail bailouts, sets up an early warning system to predict and prevent the next crisis, and brings transparency and accountability to exotic instruments such as derivatives. "This is a tremendous day," said Dodd. "… Continue Reading
June 22, 2010
DODD, SHELBY, MENENDEZ TO MARK UP NATIONAL TRANSIT SAFETY BILL
WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT), Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) announced they will mark up their bipartisan legislation to establish national safety standards for transit systems across the country in the coming weeks. The announcement comes on the first anniversary of Metro's Red Line collision that killed eight passenger… Continue Reading
June 22, 2010
FRANK, DODD ANNOUNCE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Frank and Chairman Dodd announced that the House-Senate Conference will meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, and 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 24, in Room SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, to consider the following issues: Wednesday, June 23 Pending offers and counter-offers Prudential regulation-title 6 of base text Thursday, June 24 Pending offers and counter-offers Derivatives-title 7 of base text Miscellaneous… Continue Reading
June 21, 2010
WALL STREET REFORM CONFERENCE UPDATE
Washington -Last week was a successful week for the House and Senate conferees for the bill to bring accountability to Wall Street. The bill creates a new consumer financial protection watchdog, ends too big to fail bailouts, sets up an early warning system to predict and prevent the next crisis, and brings transparency and accountability to exotic instruments such as derivatives. The following is a summary of the many provisions agreed to during the House-Senate conference last week. … Continue Reading
June 21, 2010
DODD, BERMAN STATEMENT ON IRAN SANCTIONS CONFERENCE REPORT AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON -- Today Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA), Conference Co-chairs for the bill to strengthen Iran sanctions, announced they had reached an agreement on a draft joint text. The text will now be submitted to other Conferees for review. The bill will equip President Obama with a full range of tools to deal with the threats posed by Iran. It will impose new sanctions on businesses involved in supplying… Continue Reading
June 18, 2010
DEMOCRATS BRAZENLY OPPOSE BETTER CAPITAL STANDARDS
WASHINGTON, DC, Friday, June 18, 2010 -- U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), ranking Republican on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, today released a statement regarding Senate Democrats' opposition to an amendment related to capital standards that Republicans offered yesterday evening during the financial reform conference committee proceedings. A major contributor to the recent financial crisis was federal financial regulators' lack of diligence, coordination and fores… Continue Reading
June 18, 2010
CHAIRMEN FRANK, DODD ANNOUNCE TUESDAY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Frank and Chairman Dodd announced that the House-Senate Conference will meet at noon on Tuesday, June 22, in Room SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, to consider the following issues: Tuesday, June 22 · Pending offers and Counter-offers from Week One · Consumer Financial Protection-CFPA/CFPB-title 10 of base text · Predatory lending-title 14 of base text · … Continue Reading
June 17, 2010
THE WALL STREET REFORM BILL: CONFERENCE UPDATE
Washington - Today House and Senate conferees again met on the bill to bring accountability to Wall Street. The bill creates a new consumer financial protection watchdog, ends too big to fail bailouts, sets up an early warning system to predict and prevent the next crisis, and brings transparency and accountability to exotic instruments such as derivatives. A list of House and Senate offers and counter offers can be found by clicking here. But it is also important to remember the ma… Continue Reading
June 15, 2010
CHAIRMEN FRANK, DODD ANNOUNCE UPCOMING CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Frank and Chairman Dodd announced that the House-Senate Conference will meet on Wednesday, June 16, at 11 a.m. to consider the following titles: Wednesday, June 16 · Title 9, subtitles A, B, F, H, I and J of base text: Investor protection/regulatory improvements · Title 9, subtitles E and G of base text: Executive compensation/corporate governance · Title 11 of base text: … Continue Reading
June 10, 2010
DODD, FRANK ANNOUNCE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY
Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Dodd and Chairman Frank announced the House-Senate Conference will meet on Tuesday, June 15, at 11 a.m. to consider the following titles: · Title 3 of base text: OTS/OCC merger; thrift charter · Title 5 of base text: Insurance · Title 4 of base text: Private Funds · Title 9, subtitle C of base text: credit rating agencies For more information on these titles, click here. ###… Continue Reading
June 10, 2010
DODD STATEMENT ON WALL STREET REFROM
Washington - Today, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd delivered the following statement at the House and Senate conference on the bill to bring accountability to Wall Street. Below is his statement as prepared for delivery: "Thank you Chairman Frank. "And thank you to my fellow conferees for the tremendous work you have done over these many months as we try to tackle the tough questions of how to create a financial regulatory structure that will protect our economy for y… Continue Reading
June 9, 2010
HOUSE-SENATE CONFERENCE ON FINANCIAL REFORM TO BEGIN TOMORROW
Washington, DC - Tomorrow, the House-Senate Conference on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will convene to begin its work on the most sweeping reforms to the financial regulatory system since the Great Depression. Conferees will meet tomorrow in an open, public televised meeting to give their opening statements. A more detailed schedule of subsequent meetings will be released at a later date. Due to high demand and limited seating in the committee room, media will be limite… Continue Reading
June 9, 2010
DODD STATEMENT: HEARING ON LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
Dodd Hears from Local Experts on Community Development Aimed at Creating Better Places to Live, Work, and Raise Families WASHINGTON - Today Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) held a hearing with local officials to discuss his Livable Communities Act (S. 1619) to improve the coordination between our housing, community development, transportation, energy, and environmental policies to help create better places to live, work and raise families. The committee heard testim… Continue Reading
