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Lawmakers Want NHTSA To Study Connected Car Security

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Aiming to beef up security in connected and driverless cars , a group of lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives that would put the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in charge of studying security issues for cars and trucks that are connected and eventually driverless.

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Libra Head Defends Crypto Project To House Financial Services Chair

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Maxine Waters (D-CA) and other members of the House Financial Services Committee. Regulators should see this as a wake-up call to get serious about the privacy and national security concerns, cybersecurity risks, and trading risks that are posed by cryptocurrencies. Other members, including Democratic Reps.

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Lawmaker Calls For Moratorium On Facebook Crypto

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Facebook is facing more opposition regarding its cryptocurrency , with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, calling for a moratorium on the digital currency. Facebook has data on billions of people and has repeatedly shown a disregard for the protection and careful use of this data.

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FB Touched Base With Fed On Crypto

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Facebook, I believe, has made quite broad rounds around the world with regulators, supervisors and lots of people to discuss their plans and that certainly includes us,” Powell said on Wednesday (June 19), according to CNBC. Libra is designed to be a stablecoin, pegged to the value of government-issued currencies.

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Lawmakers Call For Stricter Guidelines On NSA Data Collection

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Two lawmakers want to pass an amendment that aims to stop a massive data collection program run by the National Security Agency (NSA). Justin Amash (R-MI, 3rd) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA, 19th), have the support of groups such as the ACLU, the EFF, FreedomWorks, New America and the Sunlight Foundation. The amendment’s authors, Reps.

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Wells Fargo Facing Calls From Senators For Department Of Justice Inquiry

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Meanwhile, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA ) , ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, and 10 committee Democrats issued their own letter to financial regulators, urging them to strengthen a proposed “clawback” rule regarding when a financial institution must revoke senior executives’ bonuses.

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Closing the gate: House adopts ENABLERS Act amendment to 2023 NDAA

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On July 13, 2022, the House of Representatives (the “House”) adopted an amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) offered by Maxine Waters (D. FinCEN, however, does not actually conduct BSA/AML examinations of regulated businesses. It is unclear if Congress expects FinCEN to conduct these audits.