Policy · 116th Congress
States OK blockchain ‘smart contracts’ but buy-in is uncertain
While the technology is new, the basic idea has been likened to that of vending machines: Putting money in a machine obligates the machine to dispense the candy.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Trump scales down once-grand infrastructure ambitions
“Instead of just taking the Senate bill, why don’t we at least try?” he said in an interview Wednesday. “I’m still confident we can have a bipartisan infrastructure agreement.”
Policy · 116th Congress
Can you point to Ukraine? It may be a while before you get your chance
Kelly pressed Pompeo during an interview Friday to say what he did to defend Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, before President Donald Trump recalled her in May 2019.
Policy · 116th Congress
Courts, without law for guidance, setting value of cryptoassets
In a phone interview with CQ Roll Call, Molinaro said courts are being forced to take the lead in resolving many of the controversies surrounding digital assets and their extreme price volatility
Policy · 116th Congress
Crypto enthusiasts say new products lend bitcoin credibility
“From a policymaker perspective, this lends a tremendous amount of industry credibility for tokens and cryptocurrencies in general,” Fonda told CQ Roll Call in an interview.
Policy · 116th Congress
EPA IG: Top official illegally blocked interference probe
Swackhamer became chairwoman under the Obama administration and was removed from the board months after the hearing.
Policy · 116th Congress
Banks see Fed payments proposal opening door to fintech rivals
the slowness of the current system.
Policy · 116th Congress
Pollution in paradise reaches high court with high stakes
Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, hinges on the origin of water pollution and the scope of the Clean Water Act.
Policy · 116th Congress
US ambassador with coal ties arrives as UN begins climate talks
“There’s an increasing number of climate-related discussions happening within the U.N. system,” Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, said in an interview
Policy · 116th Congress
More states allowing gun seizures amid plague of mass shootings
The Ohio governor, a Republican trying to push gun control proposals through a legislature where the GOP holds supermajorities in both chambers, saw his predecessor, John Kasich, try the same thing
Policy · 116th Congress
States, eyeing money in abandoned bitcoin, rewrite laws
Musyl in Denver told CQ Roll Call in a phone interview. “Is the holder the cryptocurrency exchange, the online wallet provider, or another form of financial intermediary?”
Policy · 116th Congress
House demands to see Trump’s cyberwarfare directive
The White House has thus far refused to provide the memo, and the House last week voted to include an amendment in its version of the 2020 Pentagon policy bill that would force the administration
Policy · 116th Congress
Josh Hawley: ‘Huawei is not the answer’
the Chinese military and the Chinese government.
Policy · 116th Congress
FDA grapples with AI medical devices
of the FDA’s digital health division, said in an interview.
Policy · 116th Congress
Despite U.S. spying warnings, Huawei 5G reportedly gets U.K. approval
U.S. officials, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.
Policy · 116th Congress
Privacy ‘poisoning’ poses threat to companies using blockchain
Businesses wanting to implement the technology must determine if any of the data being used falls under privacy laws, he said in an interview.
Policy · 116th Congress
Miners, fearing retaliation, may skip black lung screenings
The institute that runs the program called the situation an epidemic.
Policy · 116th Congress
Shutdown could deliver ‘big negative’ to jobs and GDP, White House says
Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, also tried to downplay the effects the shuttering of nine Cabinet departments and other smaller agencies will have on the