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A November 15 blog post by Libra project developers detailing testnet developments has apparently failed to impress government regulators and influential voices in the space alike. CEO of blockchain company R3, David Rutter, commented at a London conference last week that "what they did was ridiculously stupid," going on to call the announcement and approach of the project "naive." The U.S. Congress is concerned as well, with members proposing a new bi-partisan bill Thursday, which seeks to classify the asset as a managed stablecoin security.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia on the Press Pool with Julie Mason.
STANDING BEFORE A CROWD ON THE STEPS OF HOUSTON CITY HALL, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia talked tampons.
"No one has a choice of whether or not to have a period," she said. "I'm convinced that if men menstruated, there would be a tampon machine in every bathroom everywhere. This is just another way of not dealing with what's perceived to be a woman's issue. But this is not just a woman's issue, this is about the health and wellbeing of not only the woman, but everyone around her. It's about all of us."
Leading up to the early 1970s, women (and some men) fought for the "radical idea" that women and men should be equal under the Constitution - "that all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."
Years of activism in favor of full equality culminated with the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct.12, 1971 and in the Senate on March 22, 1972.
A pair of lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation that would place stringent government oversight on Facebook's incoming digital currency and similar projects.
The bill from Reps. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) and Lance Gooden (R-Texas) would place the Libra digital coin squarely under the Securities and Exchange Commission's jurisdiction, a move that would subject the cryptocurrency to a set of extensive and well-established regulations.
Wyoming might not be first in mind when it comes to cutting-edge financial technology, but the state is forging ahead with plans to attract a small fortune in cryptocurrency assets from companies eager to sidestep federal oversight.
A bipartisan team of senators introduced a bill Thursday that would make Facebook's cryptocurrency libra a security under the law. That classification would likely invite even greater regulation and scrutiny to the project, which Facebook has insisted is a digital payments system.
Members of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee are no longer willing to settle for the testimony of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deputies. Several representatives are pushing for Zuckerberg to testify on the company's plans to launch a new cryptocurrency called libra following talks for his COO Sheryl Sandberg to appear before the committee.
HOUSTON – At KPRC 2, we're dedicated to keeping Houstonians informed. As part of our new Ask 2 series, the newsroom will answer your questions about all things Houston.
The question: Why don't all Texas School buses have seatbelts?
When Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 693 into law in 2017, Texas became one of only a handful of states in the country to pass some variation of a school bus seat belt law.
Dozens of activists and protesters rallied near downtown Houston Sunday afternoon to protest the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant women and children.
The "Unlock the Future" rally, organized by the D.C.-based National Organization for Women, addressed reports of physical and sexual abuse in detention facilities and the living conditions of women and girls who are currently being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.