House Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry challenged a CFPB proposed rule to expand its regulatory authority into the market for digital consumer payments.
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Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and 10 other Republican Senators urged Treasury and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to examine the impact of Chinese Communist Party payment networks on the U.S. financial system.
In a letter to the DOJ, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Republican members of the Digital Asset Working Group asserted that the "Federal Reserve does not have the legal authority to issue a central bank digital currency ('CBDC') absent action from Congress."
In a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam highlighted "emerging trends transforming global derivatives markets" including "digital asset commodities, decentralized finance, and Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing."
The U.S. Senate confirmed Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham to serve as CFTC Commissioners.