WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion issued the following testimony by BitGo CEO Mike Belshe involving a hearing on March 9, 2023, entitled "Coincidence or Coordinated? The Administration's Attack on the Digital Asset Ecosystem": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony today about the digital asset regulatory environment in America. I am the Co-Founder and CEO of BitGo, an institutionally-focused   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 8, 2023, entitled "Innovation Through Collaboration: The Department of Energy's Role in the U.S. Research Ecosystem": * * * The Science Committee will examine the Department of Energy's role in the federal research enterprise. DOE is the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and is a  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following opening statement at the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics hearing on March 9, 2023, entitled "The Federal Aviation Administration's Flight Plan: Examining the Agency's Research and Development Programs and Future Plans": * * * It is no accident that today's hearing is the first subcommittee hearing held by the Science Committee this Congress. Some of our c  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on March 20, 2023: * * * Come On, Man Earlier this month, President Joe Biden submitted his fiscal year 2024 budget request to Congress, and to use his own words, "Come on, man." Although this is simply a proposed outline and government funding will be sorted out through the appropriations process in the coming months in Congress, this reckless tax-and-spend budget certainly shows his priorities are not in l  more