Finance
Free and efficient financial markets are essential to a diverse and growing economy. They allow businesses to succeed and individuals to build financial security. To support that system, we need smart regulation that ensures access to capital and credit, enables companies to go public, incentivizes innovation, and provides choice and access for investors while protecting consumers.
Main Street Lending
Federal regulators are getting ready to implement new rules for banks. The result could be less credit and slower growth for American business.
ESG / Corporate Governance
If a change in public company audit standards is adopted, it would turn public company audits into wide-ranging investigations. And the cost to investors and public companies would be sky high.
ESG / Corporate Governance
A fragmented approach to mandatory disclosure requirements risks damaging U.S. capital markets and weakening our economy’s competitiveness.
Further reading
- How Bank Mergers Promote CompetitionBank mergers help drive innovation and access to products and services for consumers. But proposed legislation could stifle deals at a time when new technologies and entrants are creating more competition than ever before.Learn More
- Main Street Business United Against Burdensome Bank RulesTo protect hometown businesses, more than 100 local chambers of commerce across America urge Biden Administration to scrap the “Basel III Endgame” banking rules.Learn More
- 3 Things You Need to Know About Stock BuybacksWith the potential for new legislative developments, now is a good time to take a closer look at stock buybacks: what they are, what they do, what motivates a company to make investment decisions, and who benefits when companies buy back their stock.Learn More
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President of the Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) Tom Quaadman today issued the following statement upon House passage of the “JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018,” commonly known as the JOBS Act 3.0:
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the House amendment to S. 488, the “JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018.”
This letter was sent to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee ahead of a markup tomorrow morning.
Tom Quaadman, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC), testified before the Senate Banking Committee during a hearing on legislative proposals to examine corporate governance.
This letter was sent to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ahead of a hearing tomorrow.
The EU has proposed a multitude of financial regulations that could discourage other countries from doing business in Europe.
This letter was sent to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee ahead of their markup of the proposed bills.
This letter was sent to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee ahead of their markup tomorrow of the Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
Tom Quaadman, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment during a hearing on ensuring effectiveness, fairness, and transparency in securities law enforcement.
This letter was sent to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee ahead of their markup tomorrow.