Chairman Mary L. Schapiro Public Calendar, 2010
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Let's Stop Calling Countries "Markets"
Let's Stop Calling Countries "Markets" Robin Broad Here’s my most recent — and, I believe, imminently winnable — campaign: Let’s stop calling countries “markets” or “economies.” And while we’re at it, let’s not call any set of countries “emerging markets.” It seems like a small thing – the change in terminology from “countries” and “people” to “markets” and “economies.” But it makes countries and people – in all their diverse reality – disappear. And it puts an unspoken premium on places that are buying lots of goods from U.S. corporations. Some of us slip into this terminology ourselves, from time to time, without even thinking. But, when I hear my colleagues and students use it, I find myself cringing for all that is unsaid between the lines. And I cringed even more at a recent Washington, D.C. event when an Obama government official proudly introduced herself as someone with “emerging market” expertise. I find that knowing the history of the term “emerging markets” helps me stop using it. So, here goes: Perhaps the first use of the term “emerging” was in fact a positive one (as far as I’m concerned) – coming from the 1955 Bandung Conference, best known for leading to the establishment of the NonAligned Movement. At that point, the new “emerging” powers or nations or countries referred to former colonies gaining independence. Indonesian President Sukarno’s vision was that these “new emerging forces” would rival the colonial forces at places like the United Nations. But what a difference almost three decades makes. Jump ahead to 1981 and the onset of the reign of freemarket fundamentalism – when a man named Antoine van Agtmael coined the term “emerging market economy” as an alternative to “developing country.” And van Agtmael’s perch?: Deputy director of the capital markets department of the International Finance Corporation, the privatesector arm of the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. -
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 155, Pt
January 20, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 155, Pt. 1 1185 grandmother or his grandfather, but I PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS believe it was his grandmother. His fa- Mr. REED. Mr. President, tomorrow ERIC K. SHINSEKI, OF HAWAII, TO BE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. ther’s parent was in the gallery that the Senate will consider the nomina- day on the first trip, I believe, from Af- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT tion of HILLARY CLINTON to be Sec- rica to this country to see the son of an PETER R. ORSZAG, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE DIREC- retary of State, with up to 3 hours for TOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. immigrant sworn into the U.S. Senate. debate prior to a vote. Under a pre- So I thought 4 years ago, and I think DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY vious order, the Senate will recess for again today on this day on which we JANET ANN NAPOLITANO, OF ARIZONA, TO BE SEC- the weekly caucus luncheons from 12:45 swear in Barack Obama as President, RETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY. until 2:15 p.m. Senators should expect a what a remarkable country this is. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION rollcall vote on confirmation of the Here in this Senate 4 years ago, the ARNE DUNCAN, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE SECRETARY OF Clinton nomination around 4:30 p.m., if 14th-generation American KEN EDUCATION. all time is used. SALAZAR is now going into President DEPARTMENT OF STATE Following executive session, the Sen- Obama’s Cabinet as Secretary of the HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, OF NEW YORK, TO BE SEC- ate will resume consideration of S. -
CHRG-115Hhrg30893.Pdf
CRYPTOCURRENCIES: OVERSIGHT OF NEW ASSETS IN THE DIGITAL AGE HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JULY 18, 2018 Serial No. 115–14 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture agriculture.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 30–893 PDF WASHINGTON : 2018 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:15 Nov 01, 2018 Jkt 041481 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\DOCS\115-14\30893.TXT BRIAN COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas, Chairman GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota, Ranking Vice Chairman Minority Member BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia, DAVID SCOTT, Georgia FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma JIM COSTA, California STEVE KING, Iowa TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota MIKE ROGERS, Alabama MARCIA L. FUDGE, Ohio BOB GIBBS, Ohio JAMES P. MCGOVERN, Massachusetts AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia FILEMON VELA, Texas, Vice Ranking ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas Minority Member SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New Mexico VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri ANN M. KUSTER, New Hampshire JEFF DENHAM, California RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota DOUG LAMALFA, California CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York TED S. YOHO, Florida STACEY E. PLASKETT, Virgin Islands RICK W. ALLEN, Georgia ALMA S. ADAMS, North Carolina MIKE BOST, Illinois DWIGHT EVANS, Pennsylvania DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina AL LAWSON, JR., Florida RALPH LEE ABRAHAM, Louisiana TOM O’HALLERAN, Arizona TRENT KELLY, Mississippi JIMMY PANETTA, California JAMES COMER, Kentucky DARREN SOTO, Florida ROGER W. -
September 3, 2010 Hon. Gary Gensler, Chairman Hon. Sheila Bair, Chairman Commodity Futures Trading Commission Federal Deposit In
September 3, 2010 Hon. Gary Gensler, Chairman Hon. Sheila Bair, Chairman Commodity Futures Trading Commission Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Three Lafayette Center 550 17 th Street NW 1155 21 st Street NW Washington, DC 20429 Washington, DC 20581 Hon. Ben Bernanke, Chairman Hon. John Walsh, Acting Comptroller Federal Reserve Board of Governors Office the Comptroller of the Currency 20 th Street & Constitution Avenue NW Administrator of National Banks Washington, DC 20551 Washington, DC 20219 Hon. Mary Schapiro, Chairman Hon. Timothy Geithner, Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission Department of the Treasury 100 F Street NE 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20549 Washington, DC 20220 Re: Transparency in the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dear Sir/Madam: Americans for Financial Reform and the undersigned groups thank each of the agencies that have adopted a voluntary transparency policy for the implementation and rulemaking process for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). For instance, the FDIC’s transparency includes public roundtable discussions and disclosure of all meetings with private sector individuals—on a bi- weekly basis—in regard to the subject matter of the meeting and the name and affiliation of the individuals. Unfortunately, this policy only applies to senior officials of the FDIC and telephone calls and teleconference calls are excluded from the new transparency model. A significant amount of lobbying is done over the telephone to staff at all levels of an agency. We urge those agencies that have yet to adopt a transparency policy to do so. -
The Libor Replacement Stakes: Runners and Riders Credit-Sensitive Rates Ameribor and BSBY Nose Ahead of Ice, Markit and AXI; Regulators Keep Watchful Eye
The Libor replacement stakes: runners and riders Credit-sensitive rates Ameribor and BSBY nose ahead of Ice, Markit and AXI; regulators keep watchful eye Helen Bartholomew @HelenBarthol 14 Jun 2021 N E E D T O K N O W Five vendors have released – or are due to release – interest rate benchmarks with a credit risk component to replace the outgoing Libor rate. Two are already in use in cash and derivatives transactions; the other three are aiming to be active soon. The benchmarks track unsecured lending activity between banks, in contrast to the approved replacement for US dollar Libor, SOFR, which is based on the much bigger repo market. Regulators have expressed concerns about the potential for risk from these new rates. “Some of Libor’s shortcomings may be replicated through the use of alternative rates that lack sufficient underlying transaction volumes,” said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last Friday. And they’re off. The starting gates have opened in the race to replace Libor with a credit-sensitive alternative to the secured overnight financing rate, or SOFR – regulators’ preferred successor for US markets. Five vendors are jockeying to be the go-to provider of a new bank funding benchmark, which could be used as an all-in rate or layered over SOFR to make the risk-free rate (RFR) more palatable for lenders. The race is not necessarily winner-takes-all, though. Some punters believe the market has room for a number of these rates to co-exist. Others feel a single winner would be a cleaner outcome. And regulators might prefer it if there was no winner at all. -
Congressional Record—Senate S7020
S7020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 9, 2016 While BARBARA’s departure leaves diction, helping Congress to pass the term limit pledge he had made to his the Senate without one of its strongest Comprehensive Addiction and Recov- Hoosier constituents and did not run champions for the environment, col- ery Act, CARA, to improve prevention for reelection to the Senate. lege affordability, and reproductive and treatment, support those in recov- For many people, 18 years in Con- rights, we will continue to fight for ery, and ensure first responders have gress might be enough, but Senator these core priorities as she would have the tools they need. She helped to pass COATS was just getting started. After done. legislation to reauthorize the Violence he left the Senate, he joined the pres- It has been a privilege to serve along- Against Women Act, crack down on tigious law firm of Verner, Liipfert, side a steadfast champion like BAR- sexual assault in the military, make Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. In BARA. college campuses safer, and improve 2001, then-President Bush nominated She has served Maryland with utter mental health first aid training and Senator COATS to be Ambassador to the conviction, and I know she will con- suicide prevention programs. Federal Republic of Germany. He ar- tinue to be a progressive force in this Senator AYOTTE has followed in the rived in Germany just 3 days before the new chapter of her life. footsteps of other Republican Senators September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Aloha, BARBARA, and a hui hou, from New England, such as Robert In the aftermath of 9/11, Ambassador ‘‘until we meet again.’’ Stafford of Vermont and John Chafee Coats established excellent relations f of Rhode Island, who are true conserv- with then-opposition leader and future TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING atives when it comes to the environ- German Chancellor Angela Merkel—a SENATORS ment. -
Yale Law School 2007-2008
bulletin of yale university bulletin of yale Series 1o3 8 Number 10, 2007 August 2007–2008 Yale Law School Yale bulletin of yale university August 10, 2007 Yale Law School Periodicals postage paid Periodicals Connecticut Haven, New 06520-8227 CT New Haven Haven New bulletin of yale university bulletin of yale Bulletin of Yale University The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and a∞rmatively Postmaster: Send address changes to Bulletin of Yale University, seeks to attract to its faculty, sta≠, and student body qualified persons of diverse back- PO Box 208227, New Haven CT 06520-8227 grounds. In accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment PO Box 208230, New Haven CT 06520-8230 against any individual on account of that individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, Periodicals postage paid at New Haven, Connecticut disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era, or other covered veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of Issued seventeen times a year: one time a year in May, November, and December; sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. two times a year in June; three times a year in July and September; six times a year University policy is committed to a∞rmative action under law in employment of in August women, minority group members, individuals with disabilities, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other covered veterans. -
1 June 14, 2021 the Honorable Gary Gensler, Chair the Honorable
June 14, 2021 The Honorable Gary Gensler, Chair The Honorable Hester M. Peirce, Commissioner The Honorbale Elad L. Roisman, Commissioner The Honorable Allison Herren Lee, Commissioner The Honorable Caroline A. Crenshaw, Commissioner Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F St. NE Washington, DC 20549 Re: Public Statement: Public Input Welcomed on Climate Change Disclosures, March 15, 2021. Dear Chair Gensler and Commissioners, Public Citizen appreciates the opportunity to comment on the above referenced Request for Input by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) which rightly identified the urgent need for mandatory climate and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures. These comments are supplementary to other joint comments submitted in coalition with other organizations. Public Citizen urges the Commission to move quickly to propose, adopt, implement, and enforce detailed climate and other ESG disclosure requirements for all issuers. Public Citizen has been deeply involved in efforts to improve the quality and quantity of ESG disclosure and to demonstrate the importance of these disclosures for the full range of market participants. This letter is intended to address areas where we have specific expertise in climate disclosure, political activity disclosure, and tax disclosure. It is a complement to other submissions, such as a climate disclosure letter signed by Public Citizen and 58 organizations submitted on June 14, 2021, a political activity disclosure letter signed by Public Citizen and 32 organizations submitted on June 7, 2021 and a securities regulation letter submitted by Public Citizen and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) on June 14, 2021. This letter reinforces those views and should be read as an additional submission to the other letters described in this paragraph. -
Union Calendar No. 499
Union Calendar No. 499 107TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 107–798 REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE 107TH CONGRESS JANUARY 2, 2003.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. OXLEY, from the Committee on Financial Services, submitted the following REPORT Clause 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representa- tives requires each standing Committee, not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year, submit to the House a report on the activities of that committee, including separate sections summa- rizing the legislative and oversight activities of that committee dur- ing that Congress. CONTENTS Page Letter of Transmittal ............................................................................................... 2 Jurisdiction ............................................................................................................... 3 Rules of the Committee ........................................................................................... 7 Membership and Organization ............................................................................... 19 Legislative and Oversight Activities ...................................................................... 27 Full Committee ..................................................................................................... 29 Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises ....................................................................................................... -
Ronald Reagan, Louisiana, and the 1980 Presidential Election Matthew Ad Vid Caillet Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2011 "Are you better off "; Ronald Reagan, Louisiana, and the 1980 Presidential election Matthew aD vid Caillet Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Caillet, Matthew David, ""Are you better off"; Ronald Reagan, Louisiana, and the 1980 Presidential election" (2011). LSU Master's Theses. 2956. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/2956 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Master's Theses by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ―ARE YOU BETTER OFF‖; RONALD REAGAN, LOUISIANA, AND THE 1980 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in The Department of History By Matthew David Caillet B.A. and B.S., Louisiana State University, 2009 May 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am indebted to many people for the completion of this thesis. Particularly, I cannot express how thankful I am for the guidance and assistance I received from my major professor, Dr. David Culbert, in researching, drafting, and editing my thesis. I would also like to thank Dr. Wayne Parent and Dr. Alecia Long for having agreed to serve on my thesis committee and for their suggestions and input, as well. -
The Gubernatorial Elections of 2015: Hard-Fought Races for the Open Seats by Jennifer M
GOVERNORS The Gubernatorial Elections of 2015: Hard-Fought Races for the Open Seats By Jennifer M. Jensen and Thad Beyle Only three governors were elected in 2015. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi are the only states that hold their gubernatorial elections during the year prior to the presidential election. This means that these three states can be early indicators of any voter unrest that might unleash itself more broadly in the next year’s congressional and presidential elections, and we saw some of this in the two races where candidates were vying for open seats. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) was elected to a second term, running in a state that strongly favored his political party. Both Kentucky and Louisiana have elected Democrats and Republicans to the governorship in recent years, and each race was seen as up for grabs by many political pundits. In the end, each election resulted in the governorship turning over to the other political party. Though Tea Party sentiments played a signifi- he lost badly to McConnell, he had name recog- cant role in the primary elections in Kentucky and nition when he entered the gubernatorial race as Louisiana, none of the general elections reflected an anti-establishment candidate who ran an out- the vigor that the Tea Party displayed in the 2014 sider’s campaign against two Republicans who had gubernatorial elections. With only two open races held elected office. Bevin funded the vast majority and one safe incumbent on the ballot, the 2015 of his primary spending himself, contributing more elections were generally not characterized as a than $2.4 million to his own campaign. -
'Voting Rights Act Made Things Happen'
www.mississippilink.com Vol. 21, No. 52 october 22- 28, 2015 50¢ October is Hispanic Heritage Month ‘Voting Rights Act Latinfest becomes made things happen’ largest Latino Mississippi Department of Archives and History joins Center of Southern Culture in historic festival in Mississippi film/discussion of 50-year-old Voting Rights Act By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D. Contributing Writer The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by President Lyn- don Johnson on August 6, 1965. It purported to overcome legal barriers at the state and local lev- Civil rights veteran els that prevented African Robert Clark Americans from exer- cising their right to vote huge crowd. under the 15th Amendment McLemore re- (1870) to the Constitution of vealed that he the United States. grew up in De A filmed Southern Docu- Soto County and mentary Project was shown that Sam Williams and discussed recently at the was the first black Mississippi Department of voter in that par- Archives and History. MDAH ticular county. He commended Wil- Israel Martinez (at podium), Latin American Business Association, is joined by JCVB representatives partnered with the Center of Jennifer Byrd, Cherry Ratliff, Jennifer Chance, Rickey Thigpen, Mary Current, and (seated) Jay Southern Culture in Film at liams, Medgar The Voting Rights Act film Huffstatler, of the American Red Cross. the University of Mississippi. Wiley Evers, who Director and producer was the first per- fought the oppressive regime. By Ayesha K. Mustafaa panic population reaching without ever leaving the Andy Harper (Instructional manent field secretary for the And because of their efforts, Editor over 81,000, Latinfest orga- state of Mississippi.