Order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled Monetary Policy and the state of the economy. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds independent Monetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about the fed since your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics in upholding the feds independence you should be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to try to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of president obama Congressional Democrats and the Federal Reserve, irresponsible tr
Jerome powell was on capitol hill to update lawmakers on the economy and Monetary Policy. He spoke about the Economic Impact of the coronavirus, Cyber Threats in the Banking Sector and his influence in the Global Economy among other topics. This services hearing is three hours. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds interMonetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics. Fedsolding the independence, you should also be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of p
President trump, live, unfiltered coverage, on cspan 2, on demand at cspan. Org impeachment. Listen with the free cspan radio app. Next, testimony from financial regulators on oversight and other issues, including Digital Currency, banking liquidity rules and the impact Climate Change could have on the financial industry. Held by the Senate Banking committee, this is an hour and 40 minutes. The committee will come to order. Today, we will receive testimony from the honorable randall quarrels, the honorable mcwilliams, chairman of the fdic and the honorable rodney hood, chairman of the ncua. Welcome to all of you. This hearing provides the committee of supervisory activities of these agencies. Its been over a year now since the Economic Growth regulatory relief and Consumer Protection act and the work of the agencies to implement most of the provisions, including the tailoring rules for u. S. Banks and foreign banks. Your agency should also carefully review the supervisory frameworks an
[indistinct conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming. My name is ben harris, and as of this very morning, i am the Vice President and director for economic studies of the Brookings Institution. It is a true privilege and honor to have the opportunity to again be joined at this famed institution. There are many reasons why i found a return to brookings appealing, but a major motivation is events like the ones we are hosting today. Fdic chair marty gruenberg, who will be introduced by aaron klein and moments, was one of the key officials to help mitigate the fallouts if the Silicon Valley bank and Signature Bank failures early this year. We are very lucky to happen with us today. I suspect that this afternoons event must feel like a bit of a victory lap to the fdic chair given in 2019 he sadness very real and ward in great detail about the risk of failure by a large Regional Bank. His remarks, which are required reading for anyone trying to understand the issue, he w
A little easier to do yours. Sparklight supports cspan as a public service, along with these other Television Providers, giving you front row seat to democracy. Now the chairman of the federal deposit insurance corporation, Martin Gruenberg talks about the regulation of large regional Financial Institutions in the wake of the Silicon Valley and Signature Bank collapses. From the bookings Brookings Institution, this is just over an hour. [indistinct conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming. My name is ben harris, and as of this very morning, i am the Vice President and director for economic studies of the Brookings Institution. It is a true privilege and honor to have the opportunity to again be joined at this famed institution. There are many reasons why i found a return to brookings appealing, but a major motivation is events like the ones we are hosting today. Fdic chair marty gruenberg, who will be introduced by aaron klein and moments, was one of the key offici