Garrett In The News
Imagine if the Treasury Secretary had to live by new rules for banks.
A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient health care clinic will open in Newton this summer, U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett, R-5th District, announced today.
A letter sent to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew by a member of Congress on Monday highlights the awkward international consequences of a U.S. federal judge’s decision to rescind federal oversight of MetLife Inc.
In the New York Times the other day a panel of experts debated the wisdom of lowering the drinking age. Those in favor of doing so pointed out that current law encourages younger people to binge on hard liquor in private instead of drinking beer or wine at a bar.
The Securities and Exchange Commission would be required to simplify some of the disclosures that public companies must make under a bill sponsored by Rep. Scott Garrett that won unanimous approval in the House.
By Nick Timiraos
Three Republican lawmakers on Wednesday defended mortgage-fee increases announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency last month that were later suspended by the agency’s new director.
They have a wonky name but the tough-sounding acronym of VIPR, pronounced “viper.”
They’re Visible Intermodal Protection and Response teams, the federal government’s attempt to export the screening implemented at airports after 9/11 by assigning roving teams to ground transportation to make subways and trains that might have been seen as “soft” targets appear more secure.
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