

Andrew Harnik/ReutersįBI to bring internal Biden-related document to Capitol Hill and brief House Oversight leadersĬomer subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray for the document last month and has since said he plans to begin proceedings to hold Wray in contempt of Congress for failing to turn it over to the committee. Representative James Comer Jr., R-Ky., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. On Monday, the Maryland Democrat and his GOP counterpart on the Oversight panel, Chairman James Comer, are expected to review an internal FBI document that some Republicans claim will shed light on an allegation that, as vice president, Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national. Raskin, who disclosed a cancer diagnosis in December, said he has gotten a “clean bill of health” and is in remission following his treatment and “waiting for my hair and my eyelashes and everything to come back.” “It’s totally based on the experience I have had trying to defend our democracy and our freedom and the Bill of Rights against the Trump movement, which I think is such a danger.”

“We have got awesome political leaders in Maryland, and I would not run against anybody else,” Raskin said. I have talked to all of my colleagues about it.” Asked by Bash if that would affect his decision to run, Raskin said: “Steny Hoyer is my friend, and so I have talked to him.

David Trone, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando.įormer House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer, the senior member of the Maryland congressional delegation, endorsed Alsobrooks last week. The field of Democrats looking to succeed him in deep-blue Maryland already includes US Rep. Ben Cardin will not seek reelection in 2024Ĭardin announced last month that he would not seek reelection in 2024 after three terms in the Senate. Ben Cardin questions Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images in order to tap those services.Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Without a master account, nonbank financial institutions must partner with banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Sarah Bloom Raskin has also drawn scrutiny for her work at Reserve Trust: The nonbank fintech company is the only one of its like to have received special access to the Fed's payment system – an occurrence that happened when Sarah Bloom Raskin served as the company's director.Īccess to Federal Reserve services is sought after by many fintechs and other nontraditional financial services companies, because there are a number of benefits, including the ability to borrow from the Fed's discount window and to earn interest from deposits at the central bank. If banks and other financial institutions do not take these steps to distance themselves from fossil-fuel companies, Sarah Bloom Raskin has said the Fed should penalize them. The Fed nominee has previously argued that all financial institutions should re-evaluate their relationships with energy companies and has advocated for a push toward sustainable investments that do not depend on carbon and fossil fuels.
