Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Legislative Proposals to Improve Capital Markets

The Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing titled Legislative Proposals to Improve the U.S. Capital Markets. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. on December 2, 2015.

The hearing will focus on the following legislative proposals:

• H.R. 3784, the SEC Small Business Advocate Act;
• H.R. 3798, the Due Process Restoration Act;
• H.R. ____, the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act;
• H.R. ____, the Fostering Innovation Act; and
• H.R. ____, the Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act.

The hearing will include the following panelists:

• the Honorable Joseph Grundfest, William A. Franke Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School;
• Mr. Brian Hahn, Chief Financial Officer, GlycoMimetics, on behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization;
• Mr. Chris Mathieu, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Horizon Technology Finance, on behalf of the Small Business Investor Alliance; and
• Mr. Tom Quaadman, Vice President, Center for Capital Markets.