Into structured security. Later president ial envoy talks about President Trumps decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from syria and how it might impact u. S. National security. Treasury secretary steven minh mnuchin and housing sec. Ben carson on capitol hill to testify about access to a portal housing and finance reform option. Lawmakers heard testimony from the head of the federal Housing Finance agency and this hearing is under three hours. We will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled the end of Affordable Housing, a review of the Trump Administrations plan to change Housing Finance in america. Before i recognize myself members, today is [inaudible]s birthday come back if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday please save it until later. [laughter] we all thank you for that. Happy birthday. We now recognize myself performing its given soft Opening Statement. Good morning. Today we are here to
Well come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled the end of Affordable Housing, question mark. A review of the Trump Administrations plans to change Housing Finance in america. Before i recognize myself, members today its mr. Mchenrys birthday. If anyone wishes to sing happy birthday, please save it until later. Thank you. We all thank you for that, madam chair. Happy birthday. And i now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Good morning. Today were here to discuss the impact of the Trump Administrations Housing Finance reform plans. We are joined by treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, h. U. D. Secretary ben carson, and federal Housing Finance agency director. Welcome. Let me say up front that the Trump Administrations Housing Finance reform plan would be a disaster for our housing systems. The Trump Administration is threatening to end the conservatorship of the enterprise
Growing misuse of the currencies via money launderers, terrorist financiers and other bad players. This week representatives of the project will go to capitol hill to discuss the proposal for a crypto currency. At the Treasury Department across the u. S. Government with the International Financial community, theres been a great deal of activity recently related to the regulation and treatment of Digital Assets in crypto currency. Id like to give some brief explanatory remarks about what we have been doin been giving bt since theres lots of interest and then i will open up questions. Last month the association, a consortium of 28 businesses including a facebook subsidiary announced it is developing a crypto currency. The Treasury Department has expressed very serious concerns that libra could be misused by money launderers or terrorist financiers. Crypto currency have been exploited to support billions of dollars of Illicit Activity like cybercrime, tax evasion, extortion, ran somewhere
Recently as you know theres been a great deal of interest about Digital Assets including crypto currency such as that claim and libra. There are many regulatory and supervisory question regarding Virtual Assets and Virtual Currencies but i will focus narrowly on the concerns the treasury has regarding the growing misuse of the currencies via money launderers, terrorist financiers and other bad players. This week representatives of the project will go to capitol hill to discuss the proposal for a crypto currency. At the Treasury Department across the u. S. Government with the International Financial community, theres been a great deal of activity recently related to the regulation and treatment of Digital Assets in crypto currency. Id like to give some brief explanatory remarks about what we have been doin been giving bt since theres lots of interest and then i will open up questions. Last month the association, a consortium of 28 businesses including a facebook subsidiary announced it
Which he struck a very humble but sort of defensive tone in saying that libra is not intended to be an investment vehicle. Its intended to be a payment vehicle that the crypt okurancy will not be used for monetary policy, and sort of defending this as a way for facebook to provide Economic Opportunity to its users. But of course, he is going to be facing a very hostile environment when he testifies tomorrow, and certainly well see if that same tone is echoed by the treasury secretary when he speaks in just a few minutes. This is most notable because this comes just days after President Trump tweeted specifically about libra as well as cryptocurrencies, that could be construed, Steven Mnuchin is approaching the podium lets go to him right now. Recently, as you know, theres been a great deal of interest about Digital Assets, including cryptocurrency such as bitcoin and libra. There are many regulatory and supervisory questions regarding libra, virtual assets, and virch wal currencies but