WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton Introduces Bill to Bar Adversarial Foreign Nationals from FDA * Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 October 13, 2025 Washington, DC -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) last week introduced legislation to protect American food and medicine from adversarial foreign nationals. The American Medicine Safety and Security Act will prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from employing indivi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton Statement on Release of Hostages from Gaza * Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 October 13, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) issued the following statement on the release of the hostages from Gaza: "I join all Arkansans in rejoicing at the release of twenty living hostages from Gaza. I commend President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu for this monumental a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-250) on the Advocating for Small Business Act (H.R. 4449), which aims to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish Offices of Small Business within rule writing divisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission to coordinate on rules and policy priorities related to capital formation. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpos  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-253) on the American Access to Banking Act (H.R. 4544), which aims to direct federal banking and credit union agencies to promote the formation of de novo regulated institutions through the review of application processes, the review of capital raising by de novo regulated institutions and the establishment of various outreach programs. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 20  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-234) on the Bringing the Discount Window into the 21st Century Act (H.R. 3390), which aims to amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to carry out a review of discount window operations and to implement improvements to such operations. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 4, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-235) on the Common Cents Act (H.R. 3074), which aims to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to stop minting the penny and require cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest five cents. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 4, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 3074, the Common Cents Act, was introduced on April 29, 2025 by Republican Repre  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-246) on the Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act (H.R. 4429), which aims to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying investment, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, to include an equity security issued by a qualifying portfolio company and to include an invest  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-247) on the Expanding WKSI Eligibility Act (H.R. 4430), which aims to lower the aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity necessary for an issuer to qualify as a well-known seasoned issuer. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 4430, the Expanding WKSI Eligibility Act, was introduced on July 16, 20  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-244) on the FDIC Board Accountability Act (H.R. 3446), which aims to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to revise the membership requirements for the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 3446, the FDIC Board Accountability Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-248) on the Improving Capital Allocation for Newcomers Act (H.R. 4431), which aims to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to the definition of qualifying venture capital funds and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 4431, the Improving Capital Allocation for Newcomers Act of 202  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-245) on the No New Burma Funds Act (H.R. 4423), which aims to continue the pause on disbursements and financing commitments to Burma. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 4423, the No New Burma Funds Act, was introduced on July 15, 2025, by Democratic Representative Nikema Williams (GA-05). H.R. 4423 mandates that th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-254) on the Small Business Investor Capital Access Act (H.R. 3673), which aims to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to increase the exemption from registration threshold for investment advisers of private funds to reflect the change in inflation. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 3673, the Small Business I  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-251) on the Stop Agency FIAT Enforcement of Guidance Act (H.R. 4460), which aims to require a guidance clarity statement on certain financial agency guidance and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 4460, the Stop Agency Fiat Enforcement of Guidance Act, was introduced on July 16, 2025, by Republi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-249) on the Supervisory Modifications for Appropriate Risk-Based Testing Act (H.R. 4437), which aims to reduce the regulatory burden on well managed and well capitalized financial institutions and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 4437, the Supervisory Modifications for Appropriate Risk-based T  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-252) on the Tailored Regulatory Updates for Supervisory Testing Act (H.R. 4478), which aims to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit Federal banking agencies to examine qualifying insured depository institutions with under $6 billion in total assets not less than once during each 18-month period and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 2025. H  more